People want remote computing, and they want with rich GUI. But they also want it with thin client. Browsers, HTML, CSS, Javascript et el when used for rich GUI are NOT thin client. There is yet to be another architecture for the internet before it can fully replace the desktop. Tony
On Jul 17, 7:22 am, Harvey Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > Gamers, Designers, Developers, Architects, Doctors - anyone that requires > > specialized and powerfull software. The market that Microsoft dominates > > appears to still be rather safe for the time being. > > > To quote a popular meme - "Can it run Crysis?" > > > Aaron > > After reading the offiicial announcement, I was left wondering if Google > had done their homework on this. I would last 5 minutes using a computer > that only had a web browser installed. While Xero is an excellent > replacement for MYOB, Google Docs spreadsheets are definitely a poor > cousin of Excel and Openoffice. Netbook machines can play DVDs is you > load them off ISO images on a flash/external drive so losing that > facility is a show-stopper for me, and applications like Skype are now > part of many people's daily life. > > Web applications, while cool, are a long way away from being able to > completely replace desktop applications. > > Having spent the last 5 months travelling with a netbook, I can safely > say that internet connections around Europe are still far from being > fast or reliable and I certainly wouldn't want to operate completely off > web apps. I'm not sure who this new OS is supposed to appeal to. > > Harvey. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
