On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: > >Look at existing realities rather than speculation. Microsoft has > announced > >that they will likely produce only one more MS-Office upgrade before this > >product becomes an Internet-server distributed product. > > > > Why is this a bad thing (technology-wise), besides the fact that I don't > want to > rent software and that the internet probably can't handle this type of > thing. Let's > say for the sake of argument that Star Office was available for free via an > ASP and > the user experience would be as if s/he had it installed locally -- would > this still > be a bad thing. I'm genuinely curious.... I wouldn't trust such software with my critical business needs any more than I'd trust commercial software. If I can't see the source and fix it as needed then I won't trust the software to run on my systems. > >Bill Gates is a very wise businessman. He knows that to make money you have > to > >create products that people will pay for. Manufacturing air is not good > >business as right now everyone gets it free. In the next few years this > will > >be the case for desktop software. > > > > Do we hate MS software because of Bill Gates, or because of the techical > merit > of their programmers, or because of it's environment/culture, or all of the > above. I don't think Bill Gates it the kind of person I'd want in my house (and I'm sure he'd feel the same about me) but I don't know him so I can't really hate him. He just doesn't matter much to me. For that matter I don't hate M$ either, I just don't use any of their products on my own machines. I know Windows and other key M$ products inside out though. You must understand everything your systems will come in contact to get a clear picture. I don't like corporations, big business, big government, etc. Anything that takes my rights and my money away is bad.
