A "Near-Future" prediction .. You can use any computer .. Anywhere. Just give it your "FingerPrint" (Google Search: biometric security) and all of your programs and data will be available to you on that computer. It will all be stored on the "Internet" and your credit card will be billed on a per use basis for the software and "Operating System". This will eliminate all of the security and ownership issues of "TODAY". IT Departments will no longer be needed .. Your computer will always be available to you with out you carrying any hardware. Nothing will become obsolete. The software vendors will keep the "VIRTUAL" programs updated. Everybody will be paid for their work. Microsoft is moving in this direction.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2896789,00.html "In theory, the utility computing concept is a good idea, and will work best if several competing utilities and brokers are vying for your business. You could pipe in CPU cycles, storage, bandwidth and even applications from a shared pool of resources based on demand and pay only for what you use. You could create a virtual data center by mixing and matching on-premises and remotely hosted servers, storage, and applications." -DonW- -----Original Message----- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: off topic..mad about software registration.......... depends on the software, but most software designed for an os is built to take advantage of features within, many of them new. for new software to work with an older os requires it to be built from the ground up for that older os, and theres really no point from an economic standpoint. its like trying to replace a blown vacuum tube in an old radio with a germanium transistor. its POSSIBLE, but would take a lot of work. On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:41:42 -0500, Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin Hood, > > Why can't somebody do something about making newer software more > compatible with older platforms. > > I don't want to hear it is impossible. > > Skippy > > > > > on 11/29/04 4:55 PM, leaking pen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > damn skippy. btw, i should like to add that i rarely pirate myself, > > and never a small company. i find out about someone i know doing > > so, pirating a small comp or a personal programmer, well, they never > > will trace that trojan to the file i sent them. theres not enough left. > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:45:59 -0500, Harry Veeder > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Software designers should form trade unions. > >> > >> Actually 'designers' of all stripes should as well. > >> > >> The market is super-saturated with exploited designers. > >> > >> Design IS a trade. Like plumbers, designers have butt cracks too, > >> they just aren't visible. ;-) > >> > >> Harry > >> > >> > > > > -- Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. -G.K. Chesterton
