There are still a few 1AESS-es out there, about 30 odd years later. Still switching old-style phone calls. Lucent still makes parts for them (or at least did a few years ago, but wasn't really happy about it.)
I disagree with your assessment of the impact of the internet on collaboration. Although it's very trendy to say that "cheap connectivity" makes things easier, nothing compares to face-to-face communication. In particular, look at Herbsleb, et. al.'s work in ICSE 2001, where they report that software development done at a distance takes nearly twice as long as co-located work. Cheap connectivity only makes distance collaboration possible -- it's still a long way from making it efficient.
I'm not sure who your customers are, but one thing I've often wanted when a site is slashdotted is the ability to buy more bandwidth -- if it were cheap ($1-2/GB), I'd pay as a reader. Not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it would be nice.
I program my Replay over the internet all the time. http://www.myreplaytv.com/
Even when I'm sitting in front of the TV, it's a lot easier to type in names of shows, search, etc with a full keyboard and mouse than with an on-screen keyboard. I can also download the show to my laptop's hard drive and watch it on the plane. And I don't have to be on AOL.
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There are still a few 1AESS-es out there, about 30 odd years later. Still switching old-style phone calls. Lucent still makes parts for them (or at least did a few years ago, but wasn't really happy about it.)
I disagree with your assessment of the impact of the internet on collaboration. Although it's very trendy to say that "cheap connectivity" makes things easier, nothing compares to face-to-face communication. In particular, look at Herbsleb, et. al.'s work in ICSE 2001, where they report that software development done at a distance takes nearly twice as long as co-located work. Cheap connectivity only makes distance collaboration possible -- it's still a long way from making it efficient.
I'm not sure who your customers are, but one thing I've often wanted when a site is slashdotted is the ability to buy more bandwidth -- if it were cheap ($1-2/GB), I'd pay as a reader. Not sure how hard this would be to implement, but it would be nice.
I program my Replay over the internet all the time. http://www.myreplaytv.com/
Even when I'm sitting in front of the TV, it's a lot easier to type in names of shows, search, etc with a full keyboard and mouse than with an on-screen keyboard. I can also download the show to my laptop's hard drive and watch it on the plane. And I don't have to be on AOL.