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yes.

Do people really trust these web services with their private info? Is this the same web with all the spam emails - lottery wins, viagra sales, fake bank communications, etc? The web that is full of viruses? The web where no one really knows who they are dealing with?

These must be some strange new kind of human beings. Me, I trust no one.

Lets hope he succeeds.

Didnt Paul Allen write most of the Basic Interpreter rather than Gates? I think he should be your hero.

Its very difficult to be honest and altruistic when your sole reason for being is to make money. This is the motivation for these men that run businesses. Or do you suppose their motivation is to bring happiness to people? Morals and money dont really mix very well. When a companies board of directors sit down to discuss the bottom line, how often do you think moral issues are discussed? Ive never heard any in all my years in the IT industry.

FACT: All companies dies eventually one way or another.

FACT: Microsoft is in the company I would like to see die the most.

Overall I wouldnt say that the company is dead yet, but I agree that they are dying. I do agree that the concepts on which they were built have died - this is probably what the author of this article really means. The body is dead but rigor mortis has not yet set in.

Im not sure I would agree with this Web 2.0 business. To me the web is a very vacuous place - all sizzle and no steak. Its mainly a playground for the porn industry and identity thieves, and Microsoft wannabees desperately trying to convince people something great is about to happen there. So far nothing great has.

In many ways the web is like present day hollywood with its boom-vrash flash-bang movies. Full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing. All sight and sound but no plot and nothing for the intellect.

The web is a wild west arizona desert - full of snake oil salesmen - its just the bandwidth is higher.