Just for fun MH passed along this very amusing cartoon on the state of the Internet industry.

Software as a service vs. Rented software Offering software as a service promises to improve the appaling quality that people currently put up with in the technology they use. Unfortunately, Microsoft's government-sanctioned monopoly, and a general technology mindset that sets out to take as much power from consumers as possible is creating a situation where when customers buy something, they have not really bought it, and the "service" provider can remove or alter their product in any way they see fit.