At 01:51 PM 08/07/2009, Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
Gotta disagree with both you guys on that one. Cloud computing definitely has major advantages over local for various things. Not all things but for example storage. I rather have a google doc hosted by google that will never get lost to a harddrive crash than a locally stored doc. I can also see big promise in things like http://www.onlive.com/ for gaming. Cloud can't replace everything but it can replace a few things really well. I personally wouldn't mind having a lightweight computer that boots off a flash image in 2 seconds and connects to the web for accessing my files and basic functionality. Something I never have to worry about for maintenance. That would be the ultimate web surfing platform. Give one of those computers to your family and never have to worry about fixing it ever!
For the vast majority of people, a cloud based PC makes sense - they are only surfing and emailing anyway, so if their internet connection is down, they are dead in the water anyway. But I'm thinking more for business applications.
T
