> From: Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net>
> Except that essentially all services other than email have gained
> popularity in centralized form, including IM. So there appear to be
> some important and difficult operational and usability barriers,
> standing in the way of more truly distributed applications.
Yes. $$$. Nobody makes much/any money off email because it is so
de-centralized. People who build wonderful new applications build them in a
centralized way so that they can control them. And they want to control them
so that they can monetize them.
Noel