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New Web Software a Challenge to Microsoft

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Casper Star Tribune; By ANICK JESDANUN 		Mail this story
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NEW YORK - A quiet revolution is transforming life on the Internet: New, agile software now lets people quickly check flight options, see stock prices fluctuate and better manage their online photos and e-mail. Such tools make computing less of a chore because they sit on distant Web servers and run over standard browsers. Users thus don't have to worry about installing software or moving data when they switch computers.

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tuxchick ·
This is a long-overdue service. Most "Joe and Josephine Sixpacks" don't want to invest the time and energy in developing PC skills, and I don't blame them, because PCs are complex and fragile. They're still hacker's toys. Imitating the phone service model- powerful servers and network, simple, specialized appliances for the user- makes a lot of sense.

Now if that would also translate into removing the responsibility for security from unsophisticated users, and moving it back to the server room, that would a nice bonus. Maybe someday we'll get our Internet back from spammers and malware authors.

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