Wirt Atmar wrote:
>
> In response to Joe Rosenblatt's posting, Rich Trapp writes:
>
> > Ditto!
> >
> >  Be Awirt! The world needs more Wirts!
>
> In my considered opinion, no good would come of it. The world would then be
> going from bad to wirts.

Better then going to warts!
>

> While I said that "we're at the cusp of a new day," Ballmer said that "we're
> at an inflection point," which are precisely the same words that Ann
> Livermore of HP has been using lately. The only real difference between the
> point of view that I'm advocating and those of Steve and Ann is that they're
> intent on using the web browser as the interface back into the host
> computer/server, using such structures as XML and DCOM, while I find that
> path significantly unnecessarily complex and cumbersome. Otherwise, we're
> saying much the same thing.
>
Maybe, but you and Ballmer and the rest of the "prophets" forget
one or two
things:

1.  Just plain inertia - while maybe 10% of the world can be on
the cutting
    edge most will continue to do as they have been doing has
long as it
    has some utility.  Change is slow.

2.  The desk top PC with its suite of programs gives the user a
lot of
    control he does not want to give up.  Except for power and
assuming
    his PC continues to work,  he can work even if something on
the net
    goes wrong or the server goes down.  The difference in price
between
    a "thin" client and a stand alone capable PC will not justify
the
    difference in cost in many people's minds.

Nick D.