Is doing a $icrosoft on net possible ? Highly unlikely.

Say the most likely things I do on net are :
search,read news, chat, mail, online forums.
using tools : photo-sharing, store-favorites,video sites

Of course, all these sites neatly log all my information and details.

Now , Imagine a situation where all these are on a single company/enterprise site.
Scary, isn't it?

But the corporations don't get it. $icrosoft did it, because the software runs on a box under total-user control. If ever I feel scared, I'd burn it.

On net, the safe bet for me is to use independent tools. Two particularly lethal combination's to avoid are:
1) email - any of my favorite tool
2) search - any of my favorite tool

Visualize yourself as a manager of all these fellas (tools). If these fellas try to group together under one , then sure it's a signal for impending trouble.

As if the experience with $icrosoft was not enough, corporations are having dreams of repeating it online.

What they smoking?