Interesting article from Paul Thurrott on the future of Microsoft Office and it's potential "webification". I personally believe that this is the direction software is going. As broadband Internet connections become more ubiquitous, it is only natural to move this sort of low-impact computing to the cloud. Overall, I strongly feel that the computing platform that you are on will become more and more insignificant as time goes on. Ironic given the $300M that Microsoft is spending to fight back against Apple and their "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads. In the not-so-distant future, I predict, the operating system and device that you are using will be all but insignificant in our computing lives. Your apps and data will reside in the cloud... always there when you need them, regardless of the device you use to connect.

The future is going to be interesting indeed.

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