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To: greenspirit who wrote (90158)	12/11/2004 6:11:06 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793848

After all, everything is moving to the web. I run my Schwab accounts, my bank account, and my credit card accounts from their web sites. I am sure most here do the same. I am down to writing two checks a month now. My bank is just around the corner from my condo when I need cash. Our computer hardware is so cheap that I think most will want to keep backup accounts of what they do on their computer even if they do go to a web based system. My cable still goes off line a couple of times a year. How will Gates counterattack?

To: greenspirit who wrote (90158)	12/11/2004 8:02:49 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793848

google will buy one of the leaders involved with the Linux operating system and seriously threaten the dominance of Microsoft by combining the operating system with their search engine Which reminds me of something I meant to mention. A few weeks ago I switched from IE to Firefox for browsing and I couldn't be more pleased. Among other benefits, it is enough faster to give new life to my old modem connection. FWIW.

To: greenspirit who wrote (90158)	12/11/2004 11:20:40 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793848

I predict down the road (maybe 1-3 years), google will buy one of the leaders involved with the Linux operating system and seriously threaten the dominance of Microsoft by combining the operating system with their search engine. Microsoft has already developed a database file system. It was supposed to be included in Windows XP, but they pushed it back. The database fs has been around for a long time, and there are some experimental dbfs implementations for Linux. As to "everything is moving to the web", the "network computer" concept has been bandied about as a buzzword for over a decade, and its 100% hype. There's too many problems - network reliability and availability, trust, etc. Google is grand, don't get me wrong. But I smell the '90s in the Google hype, and it stinks. Derek