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Quote:To get a handle on all this, at the Real-World Ajax Seminar yesterday in New York City (disclaimer: I was an invited speaker), Ajax luminaries Jesse James Garrett, Dave Crane, David Heinemeier Hansson, Scott Dietzen, Bill Scott, and many others got together to talk about the very latest developments in Ajax.  It was interesting to see the concerns and questions that emerged from the audience as the day progressed.  Though even the skeptics agreed that it'll soon be more common to encounter Ajax features on a Web site than not, one major concern is how appropriate a software model Ajax really is for software that matters: business applications and important personal software.

Is the Ajax application model really a good one for most software?

Can an application model ever really be taken seriously which doesn't readily allow information storage on the local client or even access to your own software unless your Internet connection is working properly?