I see. the problem is that I just experienced over 60 hours with no internet access. Wouldn't that make it impossible to do much of anything with my computer?
And yes, the world is reaching a point where if a fast food place doesn't have wifi, people will walk out. But I am in places without wifi all of the time, wouldn't I be unable to do anything with a computer that is little more than a web browser. I did play with the thing that Google is working on where you could write a doc file online. It got as far as my uploading the family letterhead, which has a large picture of my family. Google told me that it was too big to upload. That is how far I got with cloud computing. On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 21:03 -0500, Derek J. Balling wrote: > 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 -- 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
