The reasons are simple: for people who don't want to have to maintain software installs, upgrades, backups of data, etc., etc., moving your data into the cloud abstracts all of those issues away such that the only thing you have to worry about keeping up and running on your laptop/desktop/netbook/whatever, is a working browser.
It's also good for allowing massively underpowered devices, such as netbooks, to make use of really powerful software, since the computing overhead for them is offloaded to the servers running the cloud-based application. D On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Mark Wallace wrote: > > except for collaborative writing, I'm not sure that I see the advantage > of cloud computing. Could somebody spell it out for me? > > On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 19:39 -0500, Jim Hartley wrote: >> Sean O'Connor wrote: >>> >> >>> They are working on a linux distro and you can download the development >>> version now at http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os. Be aware however >>> that it is extremely locked down, everything happens in the browser. >>> Any changes on the local system are actually removed on restart. >>> >> I think a lot depends on what you are trying to do, and even more, on >> HOW MANY PEOPLE are trying to do it. For a group of people--some kind of >> company or something--this CLOUD may well be a good thing. Outside of >> e-mail and browsing, **MY** main occupation on the computer right now is >> writing (short stories, novels, etc.). This is a very solitary >> occupation, and one that this author wants done MY WAY (thank you, Frank >> Sinatra). If I use a particular version of OpenOffice because the newer >> version has a (to me) SHOWSTOPPER bug, I certainly don't want Google or >> anyone else telling me the next time I start the machine that they have >> generously upgraded me to the new, bugy, unusable version (NO >> autoupdates on this one!). >> >> Bottom line - I would never use this "chromium-OS", it simply wouldn't >> work for me. YMMV. >> >> Jim Hartley > > > -- > Robert Mark Wallace > 60 Delaware Road > Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 > Telephone: (845) 566-0586 > > Please note my new address and update your records > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration Apr 7 - Nagios May 5 - Android
