No I am not talking about the never ending soap … I do not own a TV, I do not watch hindi soaps, and I do not care for such glorious and frivolous waste of one’s time either. Ok, that was slightly too strong, but what the heck, I mean it.I meant Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Wherein, instead of purchasing the software, one uses the same software hosted on a service provider’s infrastructure ready for him to use. Perfect way to tryout an expensive software without committing too much capital into software license cost.
These days you are getting almost anything as a hosted application … take winamp … why install when you have last.fm, why install windows when you have desktoptwo.com (grrr.. i know, since you need an OS), why install messengers when you have meebo.com, why install office suite when you have zoho.com … the list goes on.
I am awaiting the day when the machine will come only with one software .. and nothing else … that software would be a combination of a browser and an OS. Or a browser with a HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). The mind is running … hope our technology can catch it.