Comments on: Lane: Software shake-up favors new thinking

As software industry shifts, companies need new payment models and consumer-style apps, ex-Oracle executive says.

[remington999]

here's one i just started using-foldera

I just received my access to a web-based work organization tool called foldera. i've been waiting a while for it. i run alot of projects for alot of clients and have been looking for something that would help organize all of my communications and was platform independent. so far, it looks like foldera is exactly what i've been looking for. i tried sharepoint, outlook, and other new web-based tools, but foldera lets me organize around one tool from a project standpoint. i even set up projects for my personal life like vacations, home improvements with contractors and other things. as i use it more, i find more uses for it. it's in beta now, but i hear they are opening it up even wider soon. they also have a mobile aspect that they are talking about. i'll keep looking at the web2.0 tools that come out, but foldera is a keeper for me and my clients.

[R. U. Sirius]

No so fast there Ray

> "And the cell phone is the new platform. It's
> where it all will connect," he predicted.

That remains to be seen. Old habits die hard. While mobility is the key concept moving forward, one could make the argument that WiFi everywhere will be how we connect rather than through cell phones.

[challman]

Not so fast there Ru

I don't know about you, but I don't go everywhere with a laptop strapped to my back. However, I do have a smartphone on my hip that I already use to access Google, email and SMS. My cell phone is becoming like the American Express card; don't leave home without it. That mentality is permeating society. I see more and more people each day with cell phones, not laptops. Now, laptops do have a place and function, but the point you're missing is that Ray didn't marginalize the laptop, he simply pointed out that the cell phone will be the access platform of the future.