Legacy remote control tools are a dime a dozen. Microsoft Remote Desktop is embedded in XP. RDP, Symantec PCAnywhere, GoToMyPC, VNC or some other remote control utility usually is included in most systems management suites. Sometimes it seems that virtually every free remote control software tool available is pocketed under a "remote control" tab in the systems management suite like a handy Leatherman multi-tool, there

Dvorak's article yesterday - "Don't Trust the Servers" - argues that the danger of software as a service was highlighted when "the WGA [Windows Genuine Advantage] server outage hit on Friday evening and was finally repaired on Saturday. It was down for 19 long hours." The whole fiasco raises an interesting perspective on the software as a service fetish. Dvorak highlights it hypothetically: What if the timeline were reversed, and