My last post on WebOSes and the corresponding comments on ZDNet and Performancing resulted in interesting conversations. Performancing users and authors had very interesting opinions. Dave, for instance, said:
…they could bring down the price of computing massively. All you would need on a desktop is effectively a thin client that handles inputs and outputs, and connects to the internet.
… while georgemanty was worried about security:
Do I really want a third party to have access to everything on my computer’s hard drive???
searchengineblog put it really well with:
The problem is that there is no problem to be solved. In 2006, fat clients (read: PCs) aren’t expensive – bandwidth is.
The security concerns do make a valid point. But I guess, with the way things are moving, third-party storage (read: online storage with desktop synchro) is the thing to watch out for in the near future. Technology has not only enabled cheaper and communication, but it has also been revamping the field of transportation. As travel becomes cheap, we will find ourselves at different places at different times. And then we will need one central location to store our data. Which is where third-party storage comes in.
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