----- Original Message ----- From: <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:52 Subject: RE: Adobe in Photoshop freebie : Karl, : : Does that mean it will be used remotely with a high-speed connection? What on-line programs are available now? : I'd pay a subscription to get a suite of online software for my household. there are online office suites like: Google Docs & Spreadsheets http://www.zoho.com/ has a range http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo also an imaging program that has some profile photographers saying it's 'better than photoshop' http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html a virtual PC www.gopc.com - you login and pop - there's your PC on the web :) what else ? ;) : I don't understand why nobody seems to see the huge profit that could be made in de-nerding computers and software. What could be better than a "white box," dumb machine with no software, just a modem? Kind of like a wash machine or stove. They could have revenue-earning pop-ups and advertising crawls custom tailored to the houshold that earned bonus points like a credit card. Or not! denerded PC's are available (bites tongue) but aside from that, simple PC's coupled to online suites are something novices seem never to find, and power users shun geeks fiddle with them and the odd open minded user finds invaluable. I personally like the idea of stuffing a USB stick in a webcafe and accessing my own 'online PC' free of all the bugs and trash resident on the webcafe monster (!) from there I can email, edit images with my own programs not the junk they have, pretty much whatever else I want.. nice :) k
