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  1. Posts : 872
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #80

    Buddahfan said:
    Chrome is probably an operating system loaded on some Google Server/s. So from a maintenance perspective some Google employees will have to monitor and maintain it and the software running on it.

    From a users perspective Chrome is comparable a folder on your Windows desktop with shortcuts to your applications.

    It is similar to the setup in large corporations where the software applications are located on some company server/s and the employees only have access to the applications and nothing else.

    The difference between the Google/Chrome setup and the corporation setup in this case is that Google/Chrome is running in the cloud whereas the corporations software is running on one or more corporation server.

    One other thing. I would think that Google/Chrome is optimized by design to run in the cloud whereas I don't believe that W7 is.

    That at least is how I see it.
    I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that Chrome OS itself does have to be installed on the client computer. But yes, all applications are accessed on the web ("the cloud").
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  2. Posts : 1,403
    Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
       #81

    Here is the real question in regards to the Cloud.

    Which do you really prefer?

    Do you want to have control over your system and info?

    Or some part of Gov't or large Organization or Company and not really you?
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  3. Posts : 342
    Windows 7
       #82

    That is the only question.
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  4. Posts : 872
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #83

    Tepid said:
    Here is the real question in regards to the Cloud.

    Which do you really prefer?

    Do you want to have control over your system and info?

    Or some part of Gov't or large Organization or Company and not really you?
    mr pc said:
    That is the only question.
    Correct. I personally am insistent about control over my personal information, whether it be computer data, medical records, or anything else.
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  5. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #84

    mr pc said:
    That is the only question.
    Hi there
    I think you've also forgotten the cost -- you'll have to pay per application and for the bandwidth you use.

    If I have an EXCEL spreadsheet with say 2 million calculations - all it costs on a home computer is TIME. It won't cost me money to run the spreadsheet. On the Cloud IT WILL - BIG TIME.

    In the Cloud you'll pay for Connection / Bandwidth and a whole host of other not necessarily related computer issues -- for example I could be a shareholder in the company -- I want my shares and eventual Pension to go UP so YOU pay while you are connected.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  6. Posts : 872
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #85

    jimbo45 said:
    mr pc said:
    That is the only question.
    Hi there
    I think you've also forgotten the cost -- you'll have to pay per application and for the bandwidth you use.

    If I have an EXCEL spreadsheet with say 2 million calculations - all it costs on a home computer is TIME. It won't cost me money to run the spreadsheet. On the Cloud IT WILL - BIG TIME.

    In the Cloud you'll pay for Connection / Bandwidth and a whole host of other not necessarily related computer issues -- for example I could be a shareholder in the company -- I want my shares and eventual Pension to go UP so YOU pay while you are connected.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    By "that is the only question," I'm pretty sure he means it's the only one of significance. After all, I can't imagine that too many people are going to be OK with no privacy, but not OK with the cost.
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  7. Posts : 342
    Windows 7
       #86

    For those who think Linux will be an alternative to the "Cloud"

    Cloud | Ubuntu

    I would say that Linux had been the most "Cloud"-like of the OS's prior to the onset of app-puting with mobiles and tablets and soon OS X/Win8

    The only reason why Linux may not become a major "Cloud" competitor commercially is not the concept but rather the cost - Linux is built upon affordability and accessibility.

    The Cloud professional options at the bottom of the page are quite interesting though, considering the term is barely even mentioned with more prominent certification programs.
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  8. Posts : 357
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #87

    ionbasa said:
    Buddahfan said:
    Chrome is probably an operating system loaded on some Google Server/s. So from a maintenance perspective some Google employees will have to monitor and maintain it and the software running on it.

    From a users perspective Chrome is comparable a folder on your Windows desktop with shortcuts to your applications.

    It is similar to the setup in large corporations where the software applications are located on some company server/s and the employees only have access to the applications and nothing else.

    The difference between the Google/Chrome setup and the corporation setup in this case is that Google/Chrome is running in the cloud whereas the corporations software is running on one or more corporation server.

    One other thing. I would think that Google/Chrome is optimized by design to run in the cloud whereas I don't believe that W7 is.

    That at least is how I see it.
    yes, but windows 7 and vista both have i-scsi which can easily be used to provide cloud storage.
    However with the new FCC regulations and the Feds now controlling the Net the Feds could shut down the Internet or part of it and that could include your cloud connection.

    If the data is stored locally and your network is running over a LAN or WLAN than users can still retrieve their applications and data and continue to work whereas with cloud they could be shut down along with the Internet.:)
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  9. Posts : 342
    Windows 7
       #88

    Yeah it seems proposed govt regulation is in stark contrast of potential development -

    Rather than possibly being denied access to the ideas of others, you are denied access to your own data. Oh wait - the may very well want to deny you access to your own data.

    How come little public argument from the "Cloud" pushers against govt regs that could adversely affect this new form of computing?
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  10. Posts : 383
    Black Label 7 x64
       #89

    mr pc said:
    How come little public argument from the "Cloud" pushers against govt regs that could adversely affect this new form of computing?
    Because they both want the cloud (for different reasons), and there will be enough exemptions and loopholes written in whatever laws that are to be written, which will immunize those businesses from harm.
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