The launch of Netscape Constellation as a seamless Net-to-PC interface may signal an acceleration in the evolution of the desktop. But unlike Dave Bowman (see 2001), we haven't yet reached a higher technical plane. Sure, we've crawled out of the muck of the DOS command line; reveled in our love of the Mac;Ithen leapt into cyberspace using Navigator; and discovered our own obelisk on the moon - Windows 95 with built-in browser. Now Constellation (and PointCast, and IE) has put the desktop inside the browser. But don't let Netscape, Microsoft, or PointCast fool you - we haven't reached Europa yet. Until we're accessing gigabytes of data at gigabit speeds, we're no surfing Star Children.
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Morphing into a Constellation
