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2009-11-20
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2009-11-20
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@ Houston
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Because it's simple and easy. There are many (most?) people out there who only know of root as the part of a plant that's underground. Even amongst those who recognize computer terms such as root, many don't want it.
If all you want to do is be connected to the Internet, why have everything that goes with a full Linux distro, however lightweight. Puppy Linux is one of the easiest distros I have run across. But once you get through the configuration you see the main screen. What do you see? File, Help, those I think most people would understand, but Mount? Console? FD0? SDA1? SR0? Not to mention all those program icons that you're not going to be using if you live in the cloud.
To look at it another way, take a desktop computer. Desktop computers are very easy to build assuming you can use a screwdriver. You can determine exactly what you need and what you don't need and put together a computer that fits you perfectly. So why doesn't everybody do that? Because it's simpler and easier to go to a store and say "I'll take that one."
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2009-11-20
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Precisely, they don't care about controlling your computer they care about controlling your information and that is far, far more valuable.
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2009-11-20
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@ A place with no mountains
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2009-11-20
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That's just the problem! Their cloud products are better than the rest, so the competition they fear is from OpenOffice etc. If they just wanted to produce a simple Linux GUI, they could've done so on top of a normal distro. How is wanting me on the web rather than the desktop not wanting to control my computer?
And this isn't about us, but the average user, who will suddenly have much less options available if he starts using Chrome OS computers. And he'll happily go along with it because it's shiny and it says Google on the lid.
Imagine trying to compete with MS Office if you couldn't even offer your replacement for free, but would have to set up a professional server farm just to offer your product. This cloud computing fad needs to be stopped now.
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2009-11-21
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@ US
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I'm mainly interested because it's a new OS and one with pretty original take on what an OS should be.
It doesn't seem to fit my requirements for an OS that well so my interest in rather "academic".
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2009-11-21
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2009-11-21
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@ DC, USA
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2009-11-21
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@ Nomadic
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Most people probably aren't going to agree with you, but I do see your point. I don't really want my apps or data on Google's or Microsoft's or any other company's servers.
But I do like to take advantage of access to my data from anywhere and keeping up with my own servers (which I do now) is a real pain.
I'm not sure how we get something that frees individuals from the headaches of software and hardware and gives them the freedom of access from anywhere without falling into corporate or government hands.
Maybe the next version of the open source movement needs to be about creating a community owned, free, secure cloud. Kind of like EC2 in the spirit of TOR... but that seems unlikely due to the costs...
It seems like a difficult challenge to me. But I do see how cloud computing could undermine (at least some of) the principles of open source.
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Assuming the kernel on devices that come with ChromeOS can even be replaced.