:: The Snake Bites Its Own Tail ::

That's it - I'm converted. I have stopped using mail programs altogether and now exclusively use Web-based email services. Hotmail, Yahoo!Mail or Exchange Web Access, it's all the same to me and means one thing: Simplicity. Goodbye duplicate mail, Hello worldwide access to my mailbox, etc.

In fact, many other applications suffer from similar problems and would want to be synchronized between multiple computers: My address book (Contact Networks and others are working on that, but you still have to download a client), my ICQ contact list (Solved partially with Yahoo!Messenger Java version), my Word Documents (ThinkFree.com have a semi-solution up and running) and others.

At the end of this process, I would have my whole desktop to be one big web-access, with all applications running on remote servers. Then, with a good browser and an even better Internet connection, I would me a made man. Many more companies are actually making exactly this move, rendering my local hard-disk useless.

You know what, I even have a catchy name for this system: I'll call it (Dr. Evil style) "Main Frame Computers" and "Terminals" - I think that would be a great hit with airlines and military HR systems.

Wadi Writer #2 (Blue)

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Links:

http://www.hotmail.com

http://mail.yahoo.com

http://www.contact.com

http://messenger.yahoo.com

http://www.thinkfree.com

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