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Yep, you keep singing. This has nothing to do with the green screen text
interfaces to mainframes where there were no choices, all provided by the local IT department.

With web applications, it is not text, you get a GUI, and, you can choose applications just like with the fat client model. You have 1000x the back-end processing power, 1000x storage, 1000x the bandwidth of the green screen mainframe days. You can also have applications that leverage terabytes of back-end data and gigaflops of processing power. As bandwidth, storage, processing power fall, at the same time everything getting more reliable, redundant network connections, redundant data centers, etc, it is just a matter of time.

Right now the salesforce.com model is taking off and has been copied by Microsoft.
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I was with him untill the stupid remark  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/17/07
Talk about yer stupid remarks:  OButterball | 07/17/07
No one cares that you  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/17/07
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Use Firefox if you like but...  Cayble | 07/20/07
IE 7 being okay? Hardly  okpj | 07/22/07
OBee, WTF ya smokin?  osreinstall | 07/17/07
I thought we all had agreed: No More CRAPWARE!  OButterball | 07/17/07
One man's sewage is another man's nectar.  osreinstall | 07/17/07
Naw, it is more in line with an old Persian proverb:  OButterball | 07/17/07
But you are not is Persia anymore Sinbad.  osreinstall | 07/17/07
Ah, but the CONQUEROR of Persia ...  OButterball | 07/17/07
I don't know about that  osreinstall | 07/17/07
Oh yes, you do know about this:  OButterball | 07/17/07
Another thing that weakens the monopoly is that Wine is getting better all  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
Excellent point, DonnieBoy ...  OButterball | 07/17/07
Your hopes are kind of high.  osreinstall | 07/17/07
We are only talking trasition strategies to use old licenses during  DonnieBoy | 07/18/07
Meantime we have to get work done.  osreinstall | 07/18/07
Crapware  oldfellow | 07/19/07
Wait up!  strangefruit | 07/18/07
That would be wishful thinking  Michael Kelly | 07/17/07
As we transition to web applications, FireFox is critical though. Without  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
Who is making this transition?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/17/07
Even Balmer admits that the transition to web applications is on. Of course  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
More fibs from the fanboy.  osreinstall | 07/17/07
Not sure what planet you lived on. There were tons of people predicting we  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
The one you are visiting.  osreinstall | 07/17/07
For every major technology change, we here the same song.  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
Except that this song is a golden oldie.  osreinstall | 07/17/07
Yep, you keep singing. This has nothing to do with the green screen text  DonnieBoy | 07/18/07
Tell that to others also. They are on key too.  osreinstall | 07/18/07
You really are out of touch with the modern business world!  B.O.F.H. | 07/18/07
Actually, my company is in the process of doing just that  maldain | 07/18/07
Just Stating the Inevitable Truth  BanjoPaterson | 07/17/07
In 20 years maybe  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/17/07
Time wait for nobody. Sure MS would love to milk the twin cash cows for  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
Maybe if everyone is fiber at ultra high speed  osreinstall | 07/17/07
Actually, I disagree  maldain | 07/18/07
Ah well  zkiwi | 07/17/07
Won't matter...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/17/07
So the 20% and growing  zkiwi | 07/17/07
No  voska | 07/17/07
However he didn't say that  zkiwi | 07/17/07
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Comprehension is key  ejhonda | 07/17/07
Who's Stupid  oldfellow | 07/19/07
This will make it very tough for MS to control the platform for web  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
Unless  Michael Kelly | 07/17/07
Well, financially speaking, I don't think that is an option for MS.  DonnieBoy | 07/17/07
Well said!  say_what | 07/17/07
They could avoid bloody conflict  Boot_Agnostic | 07/18/07
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No one remains on top forever  Boot_Agnostic | 07/17/07
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"world-class customer support"  Ole Man | 07/18/07
Firefox and NoScript Unbeatable Combo  chessmen | 07/18/07
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