Chris Knadle wrote: > On Wednesday 08 July 2009 07:32:52 Maxim Shkurygin wrote: >> I am sure everyone already saw this coming, but now it's official - >> yesterday google announced Google Chrome OS >> (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html), >> which is basically a modified linux kernel with Google Chrome intended >> for network/cloud OS. > > It sounds like it's another niche Linux distro. > >> All software for it will be hosted online so the >> user won't have to worry about installing software or data backup. > > "All my data is on the web" is exactly what I don't want. If my data is > local, yes I have to do backups, but I have *control* of the data. If my > data > is only remote, then I loose control of it -- it can be lost in a crash, go > offline with net breakages and data center power problems, or I can loose > access > to it by having my account deleted. These things happen.
While I get your point of view, it's definitely more of a minority. Just look at how many people have switched to gmail as their primary email. :) Maybe in the future (next real) we could get some of our super secret friends at Google to give a talk on it. ;) > I've heard statements like this for over 15 years now, and IMHO it's still > not > the case. There are always going to be exceptions where a browser-based UI > is > not a good fit. Most apps, sure -- all apps, no. Not universal. I'm actually amazed at how close we are. Every application I have open right now besides emacs has a passable web alternative (most written by google, and just come out of beta). Something that makes me think Chrome OS might have some legs is google gears, which lets you do offline web applications. http://gears.google.com/ Anyway, the speculation is fun. :) And it's nice that Linux got some mentions in all the mainstream media I heard about Chrome OS. -Sean -- __________________________________________________________________ Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. __________________________________________________________________
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