As a user, I hate online only apps. In fact, I think they are becoming more and more popular because they are being offered at less cost that the offline versions.
While I am online quite often (ok, my husband say that is a gross understatement), when I am online it's because I am doing something specific. When I am done my internet connection is disconnected. I am one of over a million RV full-timers in the US. Quite a few of us, even though we have internet satellite connections, do not stay connected all the time. In my opinion, that is a disaster waiting to happen because of hackers, viruses, etc. Even when I lived in a stationary house and had cable internet, my computer was not on all the time. When I was done, I shut my computer off, not just in hibernation. My computer was also the only one out of four, in the house, that did not have to be fixed because of a virus. The others were on 24/7, even when their owners were sleeping. Terri Sprague Currently in Long Beach, WA USA Chad Smith wrote: >On 11/14/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I was talking about this today with one of our IS people. Simple >>answer is it won't work for many and a pain for others. My >>Mother-in-law does allot of writing. Even though she has DSL, she >>only connects when she is browsing. She uses a USB connection instead >>of the network connection. >> >>I would hate to be that student working on my term paper that needs to >>be handed in tomorrow when the network connection goes down due to a >>problem with one of the many hops that I have to work through. >> >>It is easier to download OOo and get to work. Heck, I can take my >>laptop anyplace and work. Forget about having to find a wireless link. >> >> >> > >I don't think anyone's talking about removing the "offline edition" of OOo. >If Sun ever tried it, someone would fork OOo, and keep it "local". I'm just >talking about offering a different way of accessing OOo. Maybe it won't >truly be OOo. Maybe it wouldn't have much to do with OOo at all, except ODF >would be one of the formats you can use, (along with PDF, MSO, RTF, TXT, >CSV, etc.). Something like Writely, but with a spreadsheet and presentation >mode. Or maybe an online Abiword. I dunno. I'm just thinking that online >apps are becoming more and more popular, (and, no, it didn't take Bill Gates >to convince me of that). AJAX, Blogger, Flickr, Google Maps, Writely, >WorkSpot, CoolText.com (an online logo-maker that uses GIMP to make whatever >logo you want), etc. These all had me convinced before Gates said this. >Check the archives if you doubt this. My point in posting this link was to >let everyone know where MS is headed. > >-- >- Chad Smith >http://www.gimpshop.net/ >Because everyone loves free software! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
