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DEL.ICIO.USPrograms move from store to Web
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s been like a slow breaking curve ball - ok, sorry, baseball is the one of the few sports I follow anymore and I’m distracted by the thought of spring training.
But this trend really has been slow to develop. I’m talking about taking regular applications - the kind you have been buying at the store - and turning them into programs you use online. You don’t own the software or install it on your computer. Instead, you go to a Web site and use the program there.
I’ts something the industry has talked about for years. It’s happened, but not nearly as fast as predicted.
The lastest news - that Adobe will take some of its editing programs online may be a sign we’ll see more of this soon. In the case of the Adobe products, including a light version of PhotoShop.
Soon you’ll be able to go to a Web site and use the program at no cost. The revenue for Adobe will come from advertising. Keep in mind that it won’t be a fullblown version of the program, but a light edition (or as the software publishers like to spell it, a lite edition).
There’s also a chance - not mentioned in the article linked earlier - that some companies will offer the use of their products on a rental basis. For example, instead of buying an expensive program, you’d pay to use it when you needed it. That’s always seemed like a good idea to me and one I think that will be at least tested more in the next year.
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By Chuck
March 1, 2007 11:04 PM | Link to this
Dear Bill, Please do a column on fixing the new Daylight Saving Time on home computers. Thanks, Chuck
By CynicalGeek
March 1, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this
Chuck, What specific programs are you concerned about with your home computer? Bill did post this link of Microsoft’s previously under his DST blog entry: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cpdst Related article: http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/technobuddy/entries/2007/02/12/post22.html
By Bill
March 2, 2007 6:29 AM | Link to this
Hey Chuck, I will do a news story on the Daylight Savings Time change, probably for the Monday newspaper. So it won’t be a column but I will do a story.
By C. Henry Adams & BIE
March 8, 2007 1:11 AM | Link to this
Bill, the concept of sharing software online is not new as you may already know.
It’s just been redirected in a more lucrative form for the software maker.
However, I have several concerns, please observe below:
1) As a Online Consumer, how would my privacy or personal data be utilized to work within this software to protect and conceal my identity?
2) Does this mean that the company offering the usage of the Online Software have the right to any of my intelluctual property as a small business, if I share a concept while utilizing this Online Software?
3) If a Online Software Company states it is “free” and that most of their monies obtained while sharing this limited software on multiple platform servers come from advertisement, how would I know if they do or don’t use aggregate data to access my usage of their software and sell info about me to a third party?
( What? Ok, check it out…let’s say you utilize a company’s online software to design the latest flying machine. While this company may not reveal your name, it may inadvertly sell to your competitor aggregate information of your developer utilizing the software. For instance, it may provide the time the person uses the online software, the location, the person’s ethnic background, his or her likes or dislikes of the product per a survey the person took, what tools the person use to make the design, usage time and any unforeseen information you would not think to help identify that individual. )
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