Steven, My guess is in a few years you wont need to install ubuntu or Vista or X version of an OS. I think Google is setting themselves up to be the OS and storage for you. So basically you would be purchasing a 'dumb' piece of hardware which when connected to the internets will find all your information. I both excited and afraid of this vision. This is very similar to corporate networks where the desktop system are loaded with high memory and processors but the smallest harddrives available to force the user from storing local copies of files and to push everything to the network storage. This makes backups and management easier in some respects. I think if anyone can pull this off it will be Google. Though worry about people referring to Google as the hated Micosoft (or IBM) of the new Millinium.
Another real pending issue we seem to have forgotten about here in Austin is the potential that our respective network providers will eventually start implementing usage caps per month. How is that going to effect what you push to the cloud? Just my thoughts. Than again I'm on meds but the colors are tasty! P- On Jul 8, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Steven Harms wrote: > > I don't get the fuss. > > Today I can buy a laptop, install ubuntu, install chrome. > > What's the improvement > > I can buy a laptop, the OS is hidden, it runs chrome. > > > Goog says: "we aim for netbooks". Well, netbooks are tracking > towards laptops, what's the fuss. > > Goog says: "users want less startup time". Well, OK, that's fine, > but between 10 seconds and 1 minute I'm pretty forgiving and with a > netbook battery i'm never at power off to boot, i'm usually at de- > hibernate to use. If that's sufficiently small, I'm OK. Even on my > macbook that's tolerable at the moment. > > Press says: This will have MS shaking in their shoes. Uh, no. This > has no traction in the enterprise. > > Now, launching this, on a branded netbook, with a support structure, > with the Google app stack, with a way to get a secure cloud app stack, > that would be an MS death blow (roll saving throw!), but this is sort > of a "Oh, so you want to kill off the linux distributions?". > > Steven > > > > On Jul 8, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Adam Theriault wrote: > >> >>> password storage >> >> if I trust my bank to store a copy of my banking password on their >> own servers, I can probably trust google with my facebook password. >> >> >>> personally identifiable data >> >> ...such as using your full name to post a negative opinion of a >> company using their groups app? >> >> >>> sensitive legal documents >> >> Again, I probably trust google's datacenter more than the county >> courthouse. >> >> >>> files with family members' photos >> >> which are then posted online for everyone to see..... >> >> >>> identifiable information >> >> which is somehow different than the personally identifiable kind. I >> guess cause it's information and not data. I'm just going to take a >> leap of faith here and assume by "identifiable" we mean "porn". >> >> >>> medical records >> >> which are stored off-site and accessible by medical employees around >> the world. >> >> >> I tend to go with Scott McNealy: "You have no privacy anyway, get >> over it." >> >> Aside from having some weird EULA that says "by signing this you >> agree to let us sell your medical records and family photos to >> whatever sleazy guy in an alleyway we want to", I fail to see what >> any company's motivation would be to get a massive market hooked on >> a product, and then completely disable access to it and/or trigger >> the most epic PR disaster in history. >> >> What really confuses me though is if people don't like it, they >> don't have to use it...why is it important if anyone else is nervous >> about it or not? >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
