Well Google give us Google Docs expecting everyone to ditch their $word_processor for it, and it didn't quite happen. Also if everyone run all their stuff on a google cloud, I just can't imagine the support nightmare Google will face.
-- Hari On 11/21/09 2:07 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:- > On Saturday 21 November 2009 03:21:38 am Niles Collins > wrote: > >> What happens when google's services goes down?? Which >> they seem to often do these days. You have a locally >> stored cache in RAM? on a hard disk?? what if you reboot >> and then cannot access any docs? I do like the idea of >> treating the OS as firmware though, makes it less likely >> for malicious software to ruin your day. Since it is open >> source I will wait for the OS to get ported to a more >> conventional setup. > > The idea will be interesting, particularly if the laptops > (or netbooks, whatever the new snazzy term is these days) > are priced right. > > Without the hassle of having to pay for code (OS, > applications, e.t.c.) or having to learn a free option > (Linux, FreeBSD, e.t.c.), folk could potentially keep things > simple since almost anyone with basic computer understanding > can run a web browser. > > However, yes, there is much to be concerned about re: your > data's online safety, both in terms of privacy and > availability. > > Whatever the case, it's a new-ish paradigm. Would be > interesting to see how it evolves, and what it means for the > Internet (infrastructure) in general. As someone once said, > perhaps "software is infrastructure". > > Cheers, > > Mark. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
