Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe they provide a sort of stripped down client computer with a > browser (possibly all proprietary) that is set up to use their > server for all your computing needs.
In this case, you lose becaus you haven't got a general-purpose computer to run free software on. It doesn't matter if the ASP uses free software or not (most likely it won't). Software hoarding is the least problem caused by pervasive success of ASPs.