Funny, how things turn out, huh? We're back in client/server mode, except we can now connect from anywhere and talk to everyone.
Google's Chrome is not about the browser wars... it's about the "cloud as OS" wars, aimed squarely at Microsoft's dominance of the desktop.
A weaker Microsoft means a stronger Google... just wait til "optimized for Chrome/ium" webapps start showing up.
blkdykegoddess
· 1 year ago
excellent commentary!
Ian Kemmish
· 1 year ago
Well, this is no more than conventional wisdom amongst those of us old enough to have used commercial time sharing in the 1970's, and who have watched every turn of the wheel of re-incarnation since. Over the past 20 years, I alone must have mentioned it hundreds of times (on USENET and in places like this), every time someone thought they "smart terminal" product was "revolutionary".... and there are thousands of us!
The interesting part of your post is the very beginning - do bloggers really only pick up on conventional wisdom when another blogger happens to repeat it?
Vince
· 1 year ago
Is it really better to be locked in to personal computers, where we hold the key to our data(and the responsibility for providing and maintaining storage, backups, etc.)?
Personally, I don't think so.
PC's are the hype. No one really needs a general purpose computing device to "access data".
connectionfailure
· 1 year ago
Hello online storage companies that happen to be reading this:
I will not use your product if you have a time-limited trial; I always sign up then forget to use the service for days.
I will not use your product if you dont offer at least 1GB for free. Yahoo Briefcase I'm looking at you.
I will not use your product if you severely cripple the functionality of that 1GB.
I will not use your product if it requires Windows(tm) to work.
I will not use your product if it does not work with either Windows or Mac OS X without installing something. Make this optional!
Matt
· 1 year ago
javascript jockeys eh? hehehe.... although "server side" and "javascript" really couldn't have anything LESS to do with one another (javascript is a client side process where as "the cloud" is server side)... other than that, way to stick it to 'em. ;)
P.S. "Companies the size of Google... don’t do anything out of the goodness of their hearts". Thank god there is ONE blogger who actually realizes this very elementary fact... you sir, are a breath of fresh air. Now go convince all your kool-aid-drunk buddies of the same.
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Google's Chrome is not about the browser wars... it's about the "cloud as OS" wars, aimed squarely at Microsoft's dominance of the desktop.
A weaker Microsoft means a stronger Google... just wait til "optimized for Chrome/ium" webapps start showing up.
The interesting part of your post is the very beginning - do bloggers really only pick up on conventional wisdom when another blogger happens to repeat it?
Personally, I don't think so.
PC's are the hype. No one really needs a general purpose computing device to "access data".
I will not use your product if you have a time-limited trial; I always sign up then forget to use the service for days.
I will not use your product if you dont offer at least 1GB for free. Yahoo Briefcase I'm looking at you.
I will not use your product if you severely cripple the functionality of that 1GB.
I will not use your product if it requires Windows(tm) to work.
I will not use your product if it does not work with either Windows or Mac OS X without installing something. Make this optional!
P.S. "Companies the size of Google... don’t do anything out of the goodness of their hearts". Thank god there is ONE blogger who actually realizes this very elementary fact... you sir, are a breath of fresh air. Now go convince all your kool-aid-drunk buddies of the same.