[Homestead] The Future of the Web

DSanner106 at aol.com DSanner106 at aol.com
Tue Jan 9 22:39:13 EST 2007


 
Hi Bev,
     Actually, having been an advisor to the Harper  Collins Board of 
Directors among others, I was there for discussions about this.  I can say that this 
may go the other way. The IRS is very happy having all these  early electronic 
filings and will be able to save a bundle on handling costs as  these 
increase and want to offer free filings and some other encouragements.  Software 
companies may start offering a version without the expensive book for a  lower 
cost and a free download site because it saves them on base cost and  shipping. 
It will be in their best interest to help keep costs off the internet.  Only 
time will tell though.
 
Drew
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/9/2007 7:46:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
erthnsky at bellsouth.net writes:

It's not  just the entrepreneurs, it's all the other stuff like the iPod 
craze and  music downloads that interconnect things.  Soon, manufacturers 
will  no longer ship manuals at all, it'll be extra cost download.  You  
won't be able to walk in anywhere and pay bills the old fashioned way,  
it will *have* to be done electronically.  Already, the IRS is moving  
that way for tax filings.  It's all coming to a merge of technologies  
and uses and central to everything is the computer.  Everyone assumes  
that everyone else has one already, and that everyone connects at the  
same speed, has the same software, etc.  IMO, the computer is  becoming 
more of a tool for mass unification to get everyone on the same  
wavelength, with the same knowledge, with the same requirements...it's a  
cascading domino effect and the first domino has already been pushed  
over.  For me, it's only a matter of time before I opt out of the  game, 
I think.







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