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13 Aug 2006
Disagreement discussion
Marc Canter reacted to my disagreement. And I am afraid we agree again.
Arnaud Leene disagrees with me - I disagree back. My gut tells me that Steve Gillmor is right. Office is so dead. So is any software that is susceptible to virus’, has to be paid for - up front - and not desigend to work on the web - is dead. There are - however - a new generation of hybrids - of course.
When I speak for myself, then indeed Office is dead. I only use it when I am forced to. However in the office, Office will still live for a long time. I an office environment a hosted solution is much more preferred. I think the Cost of Ownership will be much smaller. And then the pricing structuring can be different as well. Subscription of services is much more flexible and will really reflect actual usage. And so the costs can be much better managed, which is preferable in a business environment.
Where are we heading with viruses? I can not believe that services stay free of viruses. As soon as things are getting more complicated, scripting interfaces are added, etc, then one opens oneself to hacking. With many Internet services we just did not get that far yet.
I like however Marc's last bit: hybrids. I absolutely agree. At the moment we have two worlds: local and internet applications. Local applications run on the local platform and do not require an Internet connection. Internet applications run in a browser and require an Internet connection. Modern applications should be hybrids that incorporate Internet (or the Web) and take full use of the local operating system. I have to look into this. What kind of hybrids do we have at the moment? And what is the best way to go?
So, after some clarification we seem to agree again.