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With Software + Services, MS is trying to put lipstick on a pig.
With the software + services model, you must have the application installed on every computer you want to use it from, and they are not cross platform, and usable from any PC attached to the network with a browser. Your data is not even automatically available from any network attached computer. You have to do your own backup and restore, you have to install, update, and patch your application.

Sure, you can slowly add features to a bloated desktop application until it approximates a true web application, but you then have a pig with lipstick.
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 06/29/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MS really must stick with the software PLUS services model for now.  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
Google apps will lose  P. Douglas | 06/29/07
The big difference is that with offline web applications, the installation  DonnieBoy | 06/29/07
Again, Google apps will lose  P. Douglas | 06/29/07
With Software + Services, MS is trying to put lipstick on a pig.  DonnieBoy | 06/29/07
MS needs to divest from software as much as possible  Boot_Agnostic | 06/28/07
Think long and hard  credulousDolt | 06/28/07
MS doesn't really want to got into that  mbabuskov | 06/28/07
We're not talking just "switch to web"  PB_z | 06/28/07
Hey, this is a new spin on things and you sure got my attention  intrepi@... | 06/28/07
Yes, that's been the long running feeling about  Boot_Agnostic | 06/29/07
Very good points. MS is desperate to keep application dependencies for  DonnieBoy | 06/29/07
So Vista isn't bad enough gotta go all out  intrepi@... | 06/28/07

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