[goldstategop]

Cloud computing is doing everything online. Nothing is stored on the computer. In the event your computer crashes, no data is ever lost. Its safe in "the cloud." Google Chrome OS has the potential to revolutionize how people manage their daily activities. Its an innovative rethinking of the computing experience.

[tired1]

Ellison was 15 years too early.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I like the Chrome browser - but oddly it works fine in Windows XP Media Center 2005 - but has the most erratic and vexing problems running on Vista. When I get a new laptop at the end of next year, perhaps I’ll load it with Chrome OS. I have to admit, Google is rocking things.

[MediaMole]

Cloud computing reminds me of using a dumb terminal to connect to a PDP-11.

It feels like a step backwards to a world where big companies control the computing experience and users are nothing but accounts. Even though I do use a lot of cloud-based applications and use Amazon S3 for backup storage, the idea of losing control over my computer’s applications and data-storage decisions is worrisome.

Chrome OS is an interesting idea, but the idea of all apps being web apps was also Apple’s plan for the iPhone. That plan lasted a couple months before phones were jailbroken and Apple started making plans for the app store. Until network speeds equal disk I/O speeds, cloud based apps will continue to feel slower than desktop alternatives.

Unfortunately, Chrome OS feels like a crippled version of Ubuntu. It may work on a limited range of cheap hardware, but I’m not sure many people will be willing to live with those limitations.

[dalereed]

Sorry, i’ll keep everything on my own computer and never on somewhere online!!!

[ArrogantBustard]

Every few years, somebody comes up with a new name for this ...

bleh!

Live by the network, die by the network.