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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (50658)	10/5/2000 10:56:53 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

You call it "umbilical free;" I call it disconnected, isolated, and isolating. You call it personally empowering; I call it inefficient and needlessly requiring esoterica. JMHO. Charles Tutt (TM)

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (50658)	10/5/2000 11:29:15 AM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 74651

Wow! --- You went from totally paraphrasing Scott McNealy in one post to totally paraphrasing Steve Ballmer in the next (buzzwords and all). --- Hey! That'd make you Bill Gates! <g> -JCJ

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (50658)	10/5/2000 11:36:37 AM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<< As George Gilder has so often pointed out, the future is dumb networks with intelligence at the edges. Dumb clients, however slickly packaged, are ultimately a dead end. This is because the true "edge" of the network is and always will be individuals who think for themselves and prefer freedom--even at the price of a little chaos--to the sterility of central control. >> Well put Bill. PC's will always be preferred. It's a matter of freedom, privacy, security, flexibility and individualism. Why sacrifice so much to save a few $? Dave