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Hello Len, "what is behind this?" : Mo Money. Less responsibility. Len said: If a Google service to a public safety application identifies the wrong home address as the residence of a sex offender, whom does the resident sue? Didier replies: If this happens, the producers of Arcview, Google or tutti quanti cannot be held responsible. They only provide the tools. Moreover, since at least two decades, the license clearly states that they have no responsibility for data lost, etc. etc. Basically, the license states that they are not responsible. On that note, Len nothing is changing :-) This said, when the application is mission critical or when life can be in danger, I doubt they would rely on web services. But for more basic commercial applications web applications can be used. If you have doubts about the business model behind services like Google map, I share your doubts. In contrast to previous models where the business models were clear, the new ones are not. Is ti possible to built profitable business on this model? I do not know but I am still very curious to see how people will find ways to make a living out of it. If they fail, it won't survive. If they do, it will kill the previous paradigms. "what is new?" Nothing. Res ipsa loquitur Didier replies: Len, a couple years ago when we were demonstrating the Xrox star I also heard the sentence "it doesn't do more than a terminal!". Yes indeed like saying that everything can be done in assembler. Is it more fun? More reliable? More economical? With more potential? History will say as it did for the GUI vs the terminals :-) From my point of view, the main questions are: a) can money be made out of this? b) can we provide to users applications as rich as we can do with desktop applications? c) Can it become more economical to develop web applications? No answers yet to these questions but I would judge before the facts. Cheers Didier PH Martin
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