Paul Graham’s essay, “The Other Road Ahead” on server-based software is quite ahead of its time. Both he and Robert Morris founded ViaWeb in 1988. ViaWeb developed a server-based software or Application Service Provider (ASP) for online commerce. He predicts that ASP’s “easier, cheaper, more mobile, more reliable, ...powerful [and] convenient” facets will make it the future model upon which software is developed.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Paul Graham aka Dr. Emmitt Brown?
Paul Graham’s essay, “The Other Road Ahead” on server-based software is quite ahead of its time. Both he and Robert Morris founded ViaWeb in 1988. ViaWeb developed a server-based software or Application Service Provider (ASP) for online commerce. He predicts that ASP’s “easier, cheaper, more mobile, more reliable, ...powerful [and] convenient” facets will make it the future model upon which software is developed.
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