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ThinkFree Online
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THINKFREE is messing with my neatly laid out paradigm (i.e., consultant speak for how one looks at the world).
In the beginning, there was the (big mainframe) computer and it had input devices (i.e., punched cards) and output devices (i.e. printers). And after that everything got complicated. IBM’s SNA allowed intelligence and processing power to escape from the mainframe datacenter and go “native”. Then came IP and someone eventually hung one of them new fangled personal computers and there was a paradigm shift.
So we now have a zero footprint web browser, a thin client (i.e., gotomypc and it’s ilk), a fat client like some of the universal instant messengers or Microsoft Outlook, and (obese) clients that are servers like SBS that can do everything with or without the network.
THINKFREE has ONLINE (zero), DESKTOP (fat), SERVER (obese), and (now) PORTABLE (that acts like my uninstalled life).
You have to dig for pricing, but it looks like $50 except for server where they don’t tell you the price. (Always a bad sign.)
The free online will have premium options as yet unpriced. (Always a bad sign).
And, it still doesn’t integrate email.
I’d classify it as Zoho’s stupid brother!
Except for the blurring of the lines between online and offline. In that sense, it’s innovating. (IMHO)
You really want to be able to work without having to think about your connectivity status or what hardware you have available.
Looking at the DESKTOP minimum requirements, it’s very hefty.
In summary, it’s an interesting dead end that could be expensive.
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