I don't see the future being about web apps at all. Unless in your crystal ball you see everyone having access to a 99.9999% uptime, 6MB/s connection to their homes and businesses.
The desktop will always be there, it is very much alive and kicking and will continue to be for years, perhaps decades to come. Also, other than Apple, Microsoft has no one to challenge them in the desktop arena, and Apple is too proprietary to ever appeal to the masses. I don't see that changing anytime soon. The day that Apple figures out a viable business plan that allows them to license MacOS for general X86 computer use is the day that Microsoft needs to worry about competition. For Linux to compete it has to unite and throw money behind research and development and therefore make money, in other words it has to become 'The Man', so it will always remain a fringe OS to fulfill the needs of niche markets. On 4/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the end he's really saying that Microsoft is a desktop company and > the desktop is dead. He's saying that they'll continue to make lots > of money servicing the desktops that will always be there, but the > future isn't about desktop apps, it's about web apps. And that's > something Microsoft never figured out. It's not in their DNA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
