http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/07/23/1231217.shtml
Now that it's been done, Google should hop on that! :)
Sound cool...
Isn't it easier to have a Windows OS and a FireFox browser?
Quote from: GameSnake on July 23, 2006, 02:40:26 PM
Isn't it easier to have a Windows OS and a FireFox browser?
*slap*
Well, Ergot, I want to try this out but I keep getting "we're too busy" messages from the website.
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.
Slashdot effect :/ !
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. ::)
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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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.