I really like the technology and approach of onlive. Render everything server side and stream to client. Even their micro console is awesome and a perfect example of cloud implementation. Use the cloud for what its good for and leave the stuff on the client that needs to be there. But I definitely think we are at least 10-15 years away from not NEEDING hardcore pc's because it will take a while until apps are written to be cloud based that are useful. The google docs and Microsoft office launches are a start, online game with onlive is another big step, also like the quickboosk online version for small business, but it will be a while till things like audio/video, application development apps, graphic/publishing software, and a bunch of other software make usable useful cloud version. Thanks, ------------------------------------------ Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) Sr. Security Researcher Websense Security Labs http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com ------------------------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Google OS At 02:01 PM 08/07/2009, Brian Weeden wrote: >I do all that as well - but a backup solution that doesn't have some form of >offsite backup is not really a good solution. > >Besides, when you are traveling and swapping between machines how do you >keep everything synced together and have the ability to do work when there >is no net connection? I moved from two desktops to a single laptop to avoid the synching issues, but I do store a lot of stuff online to access anywhere. I think cloud computing may be very interesting in the next few years, but I'm not convinced that we are moving back to the dumb (or nearly dumb) terminal days either. If we do, that'll be a very interesting change in the economy. T Protected by Websense Hosted Email Security -- www.websense.com
