how do thinke about chrome os

[shangding]

as the title.how do you thinke about chrome os.cloud computer^,future computer and anything...

 

[Wishbone]

Lots of light-headed trash that aim to wriggle out even more money out of users. And, who in his right mind would trust Google?

 

[jinglesassy]

who in his right mind would trust Google?

Me.

 

[Izack]

And, who in his right mind would trust Google?

Any day now...Google SkyNet. :uhh:

 

[Urwumpe]

In dealing with Google, always remember it:

TANSTAAFL!

 

[Pyromaniac605]

What? :blink:

Darren

 

[Ghostrider]

Nobody in their right mind would entrust their data to "teh cloud". BTW, it's not a new concept, remember Ellison's Network Computer?

My fear is that, like the iPad, this could end up being a huge success resulting in all computer devices being diskless and "clouded". I'm already more or less resigned to giving up the Internet as I know it, although a little fight would be nice. Losing the whole concept of data ownership and control would be a huge step downward.

 

[Urwumpe]

I think cloud computer is just another revival of the old folly of using a host-terminal architecture for everything. This one pops up every ten years, is embraced happily by managers who can only calculate in direct costs, and not see the big picture of dependency and "addiction", and then quickly dropped like a hot potato, when the downsides of it appear.

Not that cloud computing is automatically bad. There are many applications and situations in which it makes perfectly sense. But these situations require wise hands to use the cloud. If you need a picture editing software only once per year for making a photobook of your holidays, cloud computing would really make sense for you. If a company needs a special tax calculation software only every 6 months, it makes sense to not buy it, but get it from an entrusted specialist for financial cloud computing (not different to using such services offline, by human lawyers and experts who go over your numbers).

But the big generalist cloud of big generalist cloud providers is dangerous. You loose effectively all control over your company secrets, your private data and your personality. Just imagine having to write the software for a rival cloud computer software on Googles or Microsofts cloud. In a perfect world, they would have contracts that ensure your secrets are well kept, even from them. In the real world, they can legally steal your company secrets and IP-protect them before you can.

 

[Izack]

What? :blink:

Darren

Just to add a bit of irony to the situation:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tanstaafl

 

[MikeB]

A friend of mine retired from the IT industry after decades of experience. He described the alternating trends of centralizing applications/data on the server or distributing apps/data as an Indian War Dance: sometimes the braves dance toward the fire and sometimes they dance away.

 

[IronRain]

I kind of looking forward to the OS. Just to try it. Although I think it won't make it to the big market. The internet is just not ready for it jet