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AndrewWatt2000@a... writes: >It seems to me that there has to be some paradigm shift. A free >browser paradigm with free content/services isn't sustainable >indefinitely. Salaries need to be paid to developers and other staff. >So things *will* change. For example, we might have free browsers with >fee-for-service content or thicker clients (paid for) perhaps also >with fee-for-service. I'm afraid I disagree with the above conclusion, save as a sign that the computing market eats its customers. I'm definitely NOT inclined to argue business models, so perhaps it's best to say simply that I have very little interest in the universe you are proposing and would rather focus what efforts I can gather on shoring up the universe I already have and which I much prefer. >The free-browser, free-content, free-services paradigm is going to die >... or at least it is going to shrink drastically. It is not a >sustainable business model. If worthwhile content and services are to >continue then someone has to pay for something at some point in the >process. We need to face that reality and think through the >consequences. What type of client is approriate in that upcoming >world? Is XHTML 2.0 of value in that scenario or is it an irrelevance >(as many developers find XHTML 1.0) or little more than an anachronism >to which parts of the W3C have a sentimental attachment? At least I now know where you come from, and it's clear that I don't want to contribute to that discussion. -- Simon St.Laurent Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets Errors, errors, all fall down! http://simonstl.com -- http://monasticxml.org
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