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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (18934)	8/26/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Good points. But, even if we had a server centric office solution as functional as MS office we'd face these hurdles (at least): 1. Security of Information. * Files/data that are key to my business or personal information sitting out on some server somewhere. * IP snooping could allow hackers to save all information Trying to circumvent this with encryption would be VERY processor intensive for the large amounts of data we'd be talking about. 2. Network - a bottleneck & point of failure. When the network is down everyone is down! Also until we have a true 'webtone' specification implemented there is no guarantee for a level of service on a network. We are 5-10 years away from having global webtone. 3. Servers - points of failure. In this model a server could represent thousands of user contexts. A dead server could therefore represent thousands of down users. On a more positive note I do think that some traditional and a few new desktop applications can be realized in a web context (as thin apps). I just don't think they're ready to push MS aside. Cheers James