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On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2011, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> It all sounds lovely, but - everything in "the cloud" :-s ??? Really? >> Although I have no evidence or experience to prove it (except the >> recent amazon outage) I just don't have a good gut "feeling" about all >> my data (or mums, etc) in "the cloud"? Do you? Do others? > > Lots of news buzzing about on this recently - the Chrome Book, etc. the > Register had an article on it some time back when they got the beta > version (Cr-48) > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/14/google_chrome_os_cr_48/ > > and reading today, > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/05/13/the_chromebook_proposition/ > > it seems that there is now a local file-manager built into the OS - and that > means local (or USB, etc.) storage. So it does look like it's going to be > possible to get files out of the remote storage "cloud" and keep them > locally - for backup, etc. I think there should be at least an option like this for those who are, ?understandably, cautious? > Still doesnn't address the need for the application though - if that's > hosted remotely, then you might have your data, but nothing to process it > with! Keeping a local cache of application might work though, who knows! Vendor lock in? > I won't be rushing out to buy one, but have they released the software yet > to allow people to install it on their own devices? It was something I did > look into some time back (over a year), but never really put much effort > into it. (Or is it just android with the chrome browser and a few local apps > :) > > Gordon http://url.drogon.net/r Another persons opinion about this. Rightly or wrongly his thinking is close to mine. It will be very interesting to see what people choose to do in the coming years.... I guess time will tell.... Largely from Grants comments, I am going to have a look at google docs - just to see what *I* would feel happy using it for. :-) Many thanks to all those you commented. Best wishes roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq