Re: FLASH: Kinda OT - MS costs?

[Carterspot]

Sounds like the distributed computing model - apps live only on the server, 

and you only pay for the time you use the host processor and it's apps, as 

opposed to shelling out >$500 for MS Office, etc.


It has benefits - lightweight client configs, software designed for a 

specific host config should be more reliable, and updates would be immediate 

, auto-magic, and free of charge.


It's the future, bro! 


There is a related article in the April 2000 Scientific American. "Power to 

the PC: Distributed computing over the Internet goes commercial". Check it 

out if you have the opportunity -- it gives good info on what's around the 

bend and who the players are. Not the same thing as shared apps, but similar 

in mindset.


Cheers,

Stace


In a message dated 4/26/00 9:56:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

mail-insiteria [dot] net

 writes:


> Hi

>  This is kinda OT, but it may spread like the virus that it is to other

>  software....

>  I recently heard somethinhg about Micro$oft setting up a system with their

>  software to make you pay so much PER HOUR that you use it. This is a joke

>  right? Someone tell me it is.


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