hank williams wrote: > > > Software as a service feels like a move back to the 'dumb client' > > model of mainframes. Even if it does take off en masse, I don't expect > > it to replace traditional desktop apps. > > > > Naw dude, not at all. > > Connected or software as service doesn't have to mean bad terminal > like software, though until recently I would agree that it did.
When most people talk about Software as a service they use Google Docs as a prime example. That's just software in a browser, and I don't ever expect it (or Buzzword) to replace my MS Word. However, if you are using 'software as a service' to include something like iTunes ( Which is Softare and Services), then that makes a lot more sense to me. > If you lament > the notion or disagree with the idea that most desktop productivity > apps will begin to be designed around internet awareness and/or > collaboration we should revist this in another 18 months. You pick > the place - looser buys the beer :) I have no doubt they will. I'm just not sold on the benefits of such an environment yet. Feel free to call me a skeptic. -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur, Software Developer, Author, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com>
