10 years sounds like a long stretch. Most Netbook users are exposed to some 'type' of cloud (e.g. http://box.net or https://one.ubuntu.com). Google is simply trying to monopolize the cloud with more sophisticated 'apps' betting that WE can and should trust them as the technology power player... which, surprisingly we did with gmail while it was still in beta. In context WE will tend to rely more on the google cloud than any of the others. I wonder if its fair to say they've borrowed a page from Jean Piaget on Object Permanence.
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 04:48:18PM -0500, Sanga Collins wrote: > Nothing against Mumbai. It's just where American companies go for > cheap IT labor. So I figure google will at least consider it. > > I still think in the next 5 years the desktop will be close to > obsolete. And it will all b about the cloud in 10 years > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 21, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On 11/21/09 2:43 PM, Sanga Collins wrote:- > >>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. > > > >cloud computing is cool, but it is not a panacea. There will be "real" > >apps that people need and it just won't be the same running them > >off the > >web than natively. I guess we shall just have to wait and see. > > > >what do you have against Mumbai? ;-) > > > >-- > >Hari > _______________________________________________ > 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. > --------------------------------------- > -- Simon Sekidde gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
