On Thursday 14 March 2002 12:20, you wrote: > > > I don't see how that could happen, unless bandwidth (including the last > > > mile) becomes "too cheap to meter". > > > > I don't think that's relevant. Web Services will, by definition, be > > served this way. That they may not be available (or viable) to some is a > > different issue. > > My point was that distribution will not become irrelevant just because > of the Web Services hype. In the reasonably foreseeable future, > most programs will continue to execute locally because of bandwidth > constraints.
Which is all good and fine unless you're specifically in bussiness to serve web applications. I do not believe you intend to say "... and if you're not in the 'most programs' category, tough luck to you". Most of my clients can't or won't serve locally, so I think it's entirely plausible that people downloading my software will use it in similar ways (and thus will not typically distribute the software to their users). Emile -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
