Hi
REF the current discussions about M$ and their commitment to OSS..
Till today the OS has following attribs.. Most essential part of a computer for controlling access to h/w M$ dominant in OS So comtrols many applications ?? !! M$ has max profit in WORD (60% ?)
So its not OS its APPS thts future
Enter GOOGLE and its gmail services one of the MOST used apps (% ??) you@gmail.com is fantastic it is slowly being expanded to anynames@yourdomain.com That means for users of mail servers no installation no maintainance no spam ? If this becomes successful Google will be a dominant application server
In such a scenario (in future) an OS will become equivalent to hardware just a tool to connect to the net. Then once you are on the net what matters which application is best by which suppliers. For mail and groupware I may connect to Google For Word or doc I may connect M$
That means no purchasing of Apps
Now the BIG Question for the companies who are heavily dependant on their apps what ................
ANY TAKERS FOR THIS....
MAHESH DESHPANDE Trainer for Linux Installations, Linux for End Users.
On Thursday 18 May 2006 06:08 pm, deshpande@vsnl.com wrote:
In such a scenario (in future) an OS will become equivalent to hardware just a tool to connect to the net.
It always was just a tool to connect 2 pieces of hardware / software together - once shorn of M$ FUD.
Then once you are on the net what matters which application is best by which suppliers. For mail and groupware I may connect to Google For Word or doc I may connect M$
That means no purchasing of Apps
So apps is not the future.
Now the BIG Question for the companies who are heavily dependant on their apps what ................
What apps??. It's the service. Like obody cares wether hotmail runs on BSD or IIS whatever
ANY TAKERS FOR THIS....
For WHAT??
Sometime Today, cobbled together some glyphs to say:
Enter GOOGLE and its gmail services one of the MOST used apps (% ??)
not really. if you speak to non-tech users, they are confused by gmail. they want outlook express.
In such a scenario (in future) an OS will become equivalent to
The OS is a commodity.
One more thing, can you please configure your mail client to wrap lines in outgoing mails to about 72 characters.
Thanks.
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Philip Tellis