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After reading Jason's post about the Group that Shall Not Be Named, I came across a post about Google Apps for Your Domain on a blog that I can not remember the name. (Ah, this no name thing is spreading!) I wondered what impact will this have on people expectations for software and access in the future.

Before I begin, let me set the record straight. I am not advocating that organizations, particularly our organization, should be signing on to use a third party for these types of services. But the door it opens as to what the future holds for personal computing. Will users expect to create, store and share all of their documents from any networked computer or device all through their web browser? What if now instead of people buying personal computers loaded with the latest desktop suite and email client they buy a computer set up as a portal to the web complete with domain name and web-based apps? It is impossible to predict the future, but is this what the personal computer will become?

Posted by James Fadden at 2:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I'm on a group that is considering options for campus for calendar/email/file sharing/collaboration/etc.... It's a very long term discussion, nothing official yet. (Kind of like this blog, except it has a more narrowly defined agenda and a finite goal to reach and be done.) Phil recently posted some options he heard about from Microsoft, and I thought I'd cross post a little to discuss some of what is going on out there. I think people expect that all of these components should talk to each other seamlessly, and it reflects poorly on computing when they don't. Integration has become my new watchword. If it doesn't integrate, then it should go home. Integration makes even a mediocre interface and lack of features look okay.

Posted by Jason Ramsey at 9:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)