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To: David Howe who wrote (51778)	10/20/2000 9:14:34 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 74651

Dave - the internet has ALWAYS been "free" - why has a multi-billion dollar industry grown up by placing "license fees" in between this free resource and the users? Maybe because business people want the functionality not the technology? And are willing to pay to get access to that functionality in as low-hassle a way as possible? Kind of the same dynamic that made Windows, with all its bugs, the desktop standard.

To: David Howe who wrote (51778)	10/20/2000 4:38:23 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Dave, << What corporation in their right mind will wedge a recurring "license fee" between them and the license-free Internet standards? >> <<<Maybe a company that wants to use Microsoft's products? Don't you think?>>> Go on believing that .NET is anything other than a desperate attempt by MSFT to place a dependency on them for Internet access. Without .NET they will begin to lose their monopoly on the client side as more non-Windows devices/systems become available to the public. Please give a viable reason as to how .NET is going to make the server version of OFFICE perform better over a network. How will it cure the bandwidth and latency problems which are the real technical roadblocks at the present time? Sooner or later new businesses will simply subscribe to whatever applications they need and pay a monthly fee without ever running an install wizard. Just plug any Internet-ready device into a wall socket and wonder how people ever put up with Windows98 and outhouses. Cheers, Norm