This will ultimately lead to disaster for ordinary users as web applications make the move from news, shopping and entertainment to functions that people depend on in their daily lives or businesses.
Actually, this might be exactly what ordinary users need. Most computer users spend large amounts of time installing/upgrading programs and maintaining their systems when they simply want to use a small set of reliable apps.
It wrong to assume that everyone needs or wants the technical experience of an average/.er They want their computer to be an appliance. Theoretically(cough, cough), the.net concept should do just, though no one actually has proven implementation yet. Pity that MS will be the first to sell this idea to the public. No suprise, though. MS has always managed to boost sales by slapping Vaporware is big gold letters on the box.
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It wrong to assume that everyone needs or wants the technical experience of an average /.er They want their computer to be an appliance. Theoretically(cough, cough), the .net concept should do just, though no one actually has proven implementation yet. Pity that MS will be the first to sell this idea to the public. No suprise, though. MS has always managed to boost sales by slapping Vaporware is big gold letters on the box.