http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog/information-technology/2008/03/07/frustration-drivers-workers-to-bypass-it-for-free-tools/ fiction and technology Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog/information-technology/2008/03/07/frustration-drivers-workers-to-bypass-it-for-free-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Bolg - The Chris Blanc Weblog :: Computing as a service Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:48:59 +0000 http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog/information-technology/2008/03/07/frustration-drivers-workers-to-bypass-it-for-free-tools/#comment-971 [...] SaaS relies on you buying the OS or installing a free one, ditto for browser, and then using your applications online. Problems include: portability of your data, privacy, control of your data and its removal, the unreliablity of internet connections, and the unreliablity of browsers. Advantages: it’s free, no IT department controls it, and someone else updates it. Google is the champion of this paradigm. [...] [...] SaaS relies on you buying the OS or installing a free one, ditto for browser, and then using your applications online. Problems include: portability of your data, privacy, control of your data and its removal, the unreliablity of internet connections, and the unreliablity of browsers. Advantages: it’s free, no IT department controls it, and someone else updates it. Google is the champion of this paradigm. [...]

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