Perhaps one day those those who work with local data, local files, etc. will have no choice but to move to a remote storage provider. This of course could be another big economic boom in itself with all these companies trying to offer the highest security, reliability, and what not.
It is probably unlikely that this will happen any time soon for these people, and I understand what you are saying, almost 100% web-based apps will be the way to go for the masses in the future.
They aren't under any obligation to provide us with SP's. It's all a marketing ploy to get us to buy Vista (those who actually buy their software nowadays) and other MS products. It's a vicious cycle, and we'll all probably have chips in our foreheads soon.
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I had every intention of buying about 5-6 consoles and flipping them on eBay. Hey, everyone's doing it.
Perhaps one day those those who work with local data, local files, etc. will have no choice but to move to a remote storage provider. This of course could be another big economic boom in itself with all these companies trying to offer the highest security, reliability, and what not. It is probably unlikely that this will happen any time soon for these people, and I understand what you are saying, almost 100% web-based apps will be the way to go for the masses in the future.
They aren't under any obligation to provide us with SP's. It's all a marketing ploy to get us to buy Vista (those who actually buy their software nowadays) and other MS products. It's a vicious cycle, and we'll all probably have chips in our foreheads soon.