1. ELC 498 Day 23

2. Agenda December 1 –Adobe Systems –Anup –Round 4 Grading due Dec 2 at Midnight –Recap of Networked Utility Providers –Intro to Application Service Providers December 5 –Everdream –Donnie December 8 –Doubletwist -Steve –Recap of Application service providers –Student Case studies due

3. Agenda December 12 –Student Case study Presentation December 15 –Student Case study Presentation –Final Exam Assigned Final weeks –Final Exam Due Spring 2006 Book List –http://perleybrook.umfk.maine.edu/sp2006BL.htmhttp://perleybrook.umfk.maine.edu/sp2006BL.htm

4. Issues Facing NUP’s De facto Standards Wars –Open vs closed –Who has the deepest pockets –Microsoft – the great SPOILER What are the chances for a new entry? –Chicken <> egg Is this all just a Crap shoot? –High risk ->> justifiable return