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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (9)	12/2/1999 2:53:00 PM
From: Jay Lowe	Read Replies (1) of 68

>> but the service providers, themselves Absolutely. Privacy is a key issue, one of several including reliability, interoperability, even ownership. It's a whole new ball game ... with these issues cast into stark contrast to the PC-side desktop ... issue which have been presaged by such things as web-based email, scheduling, and groupware. Key encryption would seem to be a requirement, eh? >> the processing power, and the amount of storage required >> along with backup administration of same >> to provide comparable services on the desktop >> receiving upgrades which were near free from hassle Hoo-rah! Here we clearly see the confluence of opposing dynamics, yes? The thin-client model offers a subset of advantages ... the fat-client model offers another subset of advantages ... some intersection, some non-intersection. I do not see these models in conflict ... I see the dynamic tensions between them driving evolution over the next 2-5 years ... toward a new model of PC software ... wherein distributed processing reaches new levels of sophistication and feature-fullness. I see the idea of "user profile" being quite intrinsic here ... perhaps the default out-of-box-experience is very thin on the client side ... and becomes fatter on the client side in response to user behavior and stated preferences. Perhaps this is where the money will be made ... in the differentiation of service quality to respond to levels of user demand. I.e., grandma gets very thin client-side for free ... you and I pay $60 a month for really fast, secure, reliable service ... and end up wishing we had just stayed with Office 95. ;-)

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