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Offline Newby

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Web-Based OS
« on: July 23, 2006, 01:46:24 pm »
http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/07/23/1231217.shtml

Now that it's been done, Google should hop on that! :)
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2006, 02:37:04 pm »
Sound cool...
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2006, 02:40:26 pm »
Isn't it easier to have a Windows OS and a FireFox browser?
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2006, 02:48:53 pm »
Quote from: GameSnake on July 23, 2006, 02:40:26 pm
Isn't it easier to have a Windows OS and a FireFox browser?
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2006, 02:51:18 pm »
Well, Ergot, I want to try this out but I keep getting "we're too busy" messages from the website.
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2006, 02:51:42 pm »
Quote from: GameSnake on July 23, 2006, 02:51:18 pm
Well, Ergot, I want to try this out but I keep getting "we're too busy" messages from the website.
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2006, 03:00:12 pm »
Do you remember when there was the idea, "Soon, MS is going to start having people download the application software and you'll pay a fee based on how much you use it."

Way to pave the way MIT.  ::)
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2006, 04:00:17 pm »
Web based OSes are the stupidest ideas ever. Unless you trust your personal information with a server owned by a company. Sorry, I feel safer with my harddrive. If I want to access it on the go I'll get a laptop.
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Re: Web-Based OS
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2006, 04:09:37 pm »
Quote from: Warrior[x86] on July 23, 2006, 04:00:17 pm
Web based OSes are the stupidest ideas ever. Unless you trust your personal information with a server owned by a company. Sorry, I feel safer with my harddrive. If I want to access it on the go I'll get a laptop.

Things like Web-based OS' are already in massive use.  I don't know if you've heard of Citrix, but it's pretty similar to this idea.  A client runs on a local OS (something like Windows CE on thin clients, but any OS that has a supported client for the ICA protocol works) and connects to a Citrix server, which publishes a desktop of multiple applications.

For lower budget companies, this sort of thing is a life saver.  My school has been using Citrix for a while.

I totally agree, though.  I'd never use something like this on my home computer.
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