The next stage (Score 1)

This is a clear indication of where we go next. We have a installed server base, and the applications are where we need to concentrate. I think that a browser that is extensible with the use of source level plugins makes it future-proof and easily customisable. Why stop here? An office suite that has the ability to be tailored to a user's requirements. MS Office is not my choice of software for scientists (being what I am) and having a decent framework for adding new graph types, analysis tools and other really useful features is what we need. Forget expanding useless features - paperclips - Wizards - I need something can can configured to do the job for me. Not for anyone else. If I want MP3 support in a browser, then add a module and run make. It's there. Software is different things to different people, but having something can be made to suit the person is going to win. Who cares if MS bring out 'standard' after 'standard'? We can support them all - and remove them again once they fail to corner the market. Proprietary software is going to hate this, because they are not going to sell a new version every year or so - but for Free Software/Open Source it makes sense. The framework is the most important part. Get that right, and you can hang virtually anything off it. All we need are a few good hackers and the desktop market is then ours too...