Stefan Töpfer
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Never, Niemals, Jamais - SaaS For Everyone.




Phil Wainewright must have had a bad day. He asked in his post:

Who in the world can guarantee that they will never have to work offline?

And then goes on to explain, why SaaS - Software as a Service applications will NEVER replace desktop applications. I am not going into all the wrong assumptions and naive explanations of his post, but have a question for him:

Who in the world can guarantee that they will have their laptop or desktop computer with them all the time?

I hope Phil will have a better day tomorrow.

UPDATE: Dennis has written about this too, I like the title: ” Never is a long time”. I agree it’s kind of forever! ;-)

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3 Responses to “Never, Niemals, Jamais - SaaS For Everyone.”

  1. wilson ng
    http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife


    Said on

    Stefan,

    I agree with both of you, but in fairness,there has been lots of times that I had my notebook but no internet. At least, whether you have your notebook with you is your control, but whether you can get a connection or not many times is not.

    In many places around the world, internet is still not reliable, and it is something that managers have to think — you don't want business to stop because your provider had a shutdown.

  2. » SaaS in 2007: reaching out to offline users | Software as services | ZDNet.com
    http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=257


    Said on

    […] Just a few months ago, I got flamed by several usually friendly bloggers for pointing out Why Office 2.0 will never go wholly online. Timed a few days before the Office 2.0 conference, my posting was lambasted as "wrong and naive" by Stefan Topfler, while Dennis Howlett said I was both "ignoring reality" and "deny[ing] history"! […]

  3. Seamone
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    Said on

    Hi.Thanks for your post .Your article make great idea to me.Thanks.

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