You're right, currently the selection of web 2.0 apps are not so good. Mainly because the platforms on which they are built (AJAX and Flash) are not so good. But the day will come when they are. Maybe as soon as Vista, Core 2 Duo, and Flash 9 have wide acceptance. The paradigm is shifting.
Bah, Slashdot really knows how to stoke the IT flames with an article like this. But maybe its time to stop thinking its "us vs. them" in regards to off-shoring. Perhaps we are seeing the opening stages of, what I like to call, "the grand unification" of the world. Yes, someone can do your job for less! Move on. Is it the end of the world? Are Americans all of a sudden living in slums and standing on soup lines? Hardly.
6-8 year olds with laptops? Unless you're teaching them how to program in C++, this seems a bit excessive. I say give em good'ole book and chalkboard education. Let em think for a change. While you're at it, hide the TV in the attic.
Ok so this is cool. But really what is the point? Have we reached a technology dead-end, where our supposed innovations are merely shallow immitations of real OS systems and apps? It is time to get rid of the desktop paradigm, it is time to start thinking beyond it.
Would someone please tell me the point of trying to recreate perfectly good desktop software using javascript? Seriously, who would even consider going to some strange website just to type a letter? Is a good desktop text editor that hard to find?
All these web 2.0 advocates should really focus on creating applications that take advantage of the platform instead of building substandard versions of readily available desktop apps.
Check out Pindax.com. Here's a rich app that leverages being on the web!
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"After the very first install of Flash, I don't notice that it even loads, at all. I don't even think about it."
And yet you say "Contrast with Flash, which I hate..."
Talk about irrational users!
Love Flash, embrace the Flash.
Here's a thought Mr. Levy: lower the friggin price of the CDs. Why are CDs still going for 15+ dollars? They should be selling for around 3+.
You're right, currently the selection of web 2.0 apps are not so good. Mainly because the platforms on which they are built (AJAX and Flash) are not so good. But the day will come when they are. Maybe as soon as Vista, Core 2 Duo, and Flash 9 have wide acceptance. The paradigm is shifting.
Bah, Slashdot really knows how to stoke the IT flames with an article like this. But maybe its time to stop thinking its "us vs. them" in regards to off-shoring. Perhaps we are seeing the opening stages of, what I like to call, "the grand unification" of the world. Yes, someone can do your job for less! Move on. Is it the end of the world? Are Americans all of a sudden living in slums and standing on soup lines? Hardly.
6-8 year olds with laptops? Unless you're teaching them how to program in C++, this seems a bit excessive. I say give em good'ole book and chalkboard education. Let em think for a change. While you're at it, hide the TV in the attic.
Ok so this is cool. But really what is the point? Have we reached a technology dead-end, where our supposed innovations are merely shallow immitations of real OS systems and apps? It is time to get rid of the desktop paradigm, it is time to start thinking beyond it.
Amen! PMs are the most useless of corporate creatures.
Would someone please tell me the point of trying to recreate perfectly good desktop software using javascript? Seriously, who would even consider going to some strange website just to type a letter? Is a good desktop text editor that hard to find?
All these web 2.0 advocates should really focus on creating applications that take advantage of the platform instead of building substandard versions of readily available desktop apps.
Check out Pindax.com. Here's a rich app that leverages being on the web!