Google Chrome OS

[Tony Alfrey]

Ronnie Gauthier wrote:

>  But you can bet whatever google is doing is
> looking far into the future which is probably small devices, netbooks and 
> smaller and online applications. The future is no longer software in a box on 
> a retail shelf.

I don't understand this logic.
a)  what happens if one has no access to the web?  More frequent than 
I'd like to admit.

b)  what happens if one has slow web access?  Happens every day at noon 
in my favorite internet wireless hot spot and must invariably get worse 
if everyone is using a web app.  Is an app on a box invariably faster 
than a web app running through a browser?

c)  what happens when Google (or whoever holds the app) crashes?  That 
also happens from time-to-time and it's got to happen more frequently 
when Google becomes a target of denial-of-service attacks.

d)  what happens when Google (or whomever holds the app) wants to 
"upgrade" and you don't?  Are all your files now "addicted" to an app 
you can no longer use?  I can still run old legacy files and apps that 
are totally unsupported.  What happens if those apps are web apps that 
"go away"?



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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"