On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 14:09 +0000, Ian Lynch wrote: > That is a problem with the way we teach ICT around MS Office. There was > the argument it's what they will use at work but increasingly, is this > the case? Is it desirable to entrench young people early in particualar > work flows that could become redundant? If the cloud and the internet is > the future and many think it is, smaller applets that work cooperatively > together will be the norm, not megalithic applications with high level > of proprietary integration. After all, we don't expect one company to > produce every web site, we use a variety expecting information to > interoperate between them.
I have been lurking on the list for a while, but this comment struck a chord with me. What you are describing is the "Unix philosophy" for the "cloud". e.g. provide some generic "glue" to allow applications to cooperate and interact. If you have good enough "glue" then applications will be written to use that glue and the whole becomes more powerful than its parts. -- Smoot Carl-Mitchell System/Network Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 480 922 7313 cell: +1 602 421 9005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
