rogerd - 3:26 pm on May 31, 2007 (gmt 0)

>>Who's more trustworthy - G or M?

Google knows what to do with the data, Microsoft doesn't. :)

Hard to say at the moment, but this could be a major part of the paradigm shift to making Web apps viable. Few people want to have to stop all work if they don't have a live Internet connection. Network outages still occur, and 99+% of our land mass doesn't have WiFi yet. Having said that, I recently experimented with a Verizon smart phone that let me access the Web directly or connect my laptop to the Web at DSL speed. In a couple of weeks of using it, I didn't find a place where I couldn't connect. So, with wired Internet service backed up by a cell phone connection, using Web apps as primary tools gets less risky and more attractive - even without a "disconnected" use option.