begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:25:50PM -0700: > On 4/4/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Besides new economic models are there to take care of the > parasitism. I don't see Google suffering. Do you?
Isn't google the parasite? Parasites don't suffer, hosts do. > >> AJAX, Just use Google to learn more. > > > >Verdict is still out, IMO. > > > >AJAX is basically a premature optimization for a lack of local storage > >and bandwidth. If we actually had 10-base-T connections and browsers > >could use the hard drive, then Javascript+Browser is equivalent to > >App+Computer and AJAX really doesn't buy us anything. > > Portability, access from any terminal. For example, gmail is turning > out to be a big win for me. Beats the hell out of previous local mail > client.s for me, especially when I travel. What, do you use kiosks or something? If so, I suspect my trust boundaries are far different from yours. [chop] -- I want something the size of a PDA when not in use, and a laptop in use. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
