I ditched my word processor for google docs. An so did many others.
Also the google cloud will not require them to open a huge call center
in Mumbai. Their os is an Internet browser how much support could it
require.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:56 AM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
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