<snip> >From the top article:
[Technology consultant Clay Shirky, who wrote the O'Reilly Research report, said the "transformation of the web services wilderness" had three stages. The first was the pioneer 'screen-scraping' stage. The second was where the websites themselves would offer more efficient, XML-based APIs - and this was starting to happen in 2002. "In the third stage, the hodgepodge of individual services will be integrated into a true operating system layer, in which a single vendor, or a few competing vendors, will provide a comprehensive set of APIs that turns the internet into a huge collection of program-callable components, and integrates those components into applications that are used every day by non-technical people," predicted Shirky.] Which means absolutely nothing when talking about operating systems. It isn't even remotely arguable. It is article s like these that make my life as an Information Officer sometimes unbearable. v/r //SIGNED// STEPHEN S. WOLFE, YA-02, DAF Data Services Mgr/6MDG Information Assurance Officer Comm: (727) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:33 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] IBM pitches Ubuntu Linux in place of Windows 7 I said "the internet continues moving towards becoming the new OS" http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/23/230812/moving-closer-t o-the-internet-as-an-operating-system.htm or http://tinyurl.com/5r99pd Below is a link to a presentation by Virtual Bridges, which has partnered with IBM and Canonical for Microsoft-free "Desktops in the Cloud. It's a length presentation, but shines a light on the advantages of Virtual Desktop delivered over the web, which is becoming more and more like an OS everyday. http://www.zslinc.com/Free-up-IT-budget-and-invest-for-growth.html or http://tinyurl.com/yfdpz3d Regards, LelandJ On 10/22/2009 05:51 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > <snip> > > " The internet continues moving towards becoming the new OS of > choice," > > When did the Internet qualify as an OS? > > Steve > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
