Check out "AJAXLAUNCH ajax applications for everyone". AjaxWrite is the first major launch, but as ajax applications are developed, ajaxLaunch will publicize and provide them. Ajax or "asynchronous javascript and xml" is a web application development script incorporating javasvcript, CSS, and xml to allow a great deal of manipulation of content and layout by the user.
From the Website: "ajaxWrite is a powerful word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word formatted documents. Anytime you need a word processor, need to open a .doc file or edit a .doc file, simply point your Firefox browser at ajaxWrite.com and in seconds a full-featured program will be loaded. For 90 percent of the people in the world, the need to buy Microsoft Word just vanished. This won't make Microsoft happy, but software users should be very excited that software just got cheaper, immediate and modern."
As has been stated so often before, the commercial model for software development and distribution is changing rapidly. No longer will companies be able to charge expensive porices for software products when people can use opensource products or simply point their browsers to a Web service that provides most if not all the same functions for free.
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