[Web4lib] Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders

[Mark Sandford]

On 5/3/07, Junus, Ranti <junus at mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote:
> The new buzzword of the time is now RIA (Rich Internet Application),
> AJAX-like applications on steroid...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_Application
>
> I wonder if eventually harddisk on local PC would no longer needed and
> we're going back to dumb terminals.

Some folks have been saying that's the trend for the past few years.
Online storage, online apps, online everything.  Personally, I don't
see that happening for many users, simply because the internet isn't
as reliable day-to-day as a local hard drive.  There are stretches of
hours where I can't log into gmail.  That's why I don't rely on Google
Documents, despite its convenience.  And until my ISP guarantees (and
delivers) 100% up time on my connection, I'll stick to a locally
installed operating system.

I'm all for online backups of local data, but that's a different story.

-- 
Mark Sandford
Special Formats Cataloger
William Paterson University
(973)270-2437
sandfordm1 at wpunj.edu