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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
There are number services from Microsoft that already provide this
functionality:
Skydrive - http://skydrive.live.com
Office Live Work Place
Windows Live Hotmail
and many others
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Tie Various" <noneofyourbusiness@blabla.com> wrote in message
news:4726367e$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> Some time ago I posted a prediction that all this bickering about vista,
> xp, Linux, and macs, is useless.
>
> In the future there will be no "desktop" OS in the manner that we have
> them now, rather the OS will run via the internet.
> As I said in my original post, there will be a lite "OS" that will just be
> a layer to load the real interface.. the real interface will all be web
> based.
> This lite OS will most probably be linux based... as well as the servers
> that the real OS will be running on be linux.
>
> I see no place for windows here... although old OS's will be compatible.
> Of course vista will be dead (THANK GOD) - GOOD RIDDENS CRAPISTA!!
>
> Microsoft will struggle to keep up with this changing technology.. but its
> flagship = windows will be usless.
>
> For those who dont understand how this is possible, all I have to say, is
> that it is technically possible to have almost LIMITLESS BANDWIDTH!
> With limitless bandwidth you really dont care where the OS is... if its
> located on your own disk or somewhere else.
>
> I will not reveal however how this limitless bandwidth is possible yet...
> these guys in the link below are talking about fiber optics which to me is
> low tech.
>
> This prediction is being verified by many sources again and again. The
> buzz word for all this is "CLOUD COMPUTING"
>
> Here is some confirmation
>
> http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/10/28/the-future-of-the-operating-system-is-on-the-web-2/
>
>
> and here is my original post>>>>>
>
> At last!!!>> I am announcing THE NEW ERA OF OS's
> I decided to announce the future so I can end this fussing about Windows,
> MacOS, Ubuntu Linux etc.
>
> One thing is for sure... Vista is the doomsday machine for Microsoft
> whether you like it or understand it or not. It is true.
>
> The future is different than you all think. But I know it.
>
> SO who will win? Windows, MacOSX, or Ubuntu Linux?
>
> The answer is NONE OF THEM!
>
> So who will win and how?
>
> Simple.
>
> There will be no desktop "OS".. everything will be web based... your whole
> OS will be online.
>
> This will be possible because of the new extremely fast internet
> connection speeds.
>
> -You wont have to download anything because it will already be "there"
>
> -You will have unlimited space because the data will not be stored
> locally...
>
> -All apps will install with one click and never have a configuration
> problem because they will not even be installed on your own
> computer,rather they will be like modules only being activated on the
> server.
>
> -Updates will be automatic, you will only be asked if you want the
> update...
>
> -Sending a 1 gb file to a friend will be almost instant since it will
> never even pass through "your" computer rather it will be relayed from the
> network.
>
> What will be the underlying OS on your PC running this web based OS? It
> will probably be a thin and lite opensource version of Linux.
>
> However existing computers will also be able to log onto this web OS with
> their "obsolete bulky monsterous OS's"
>
> Who will win the web based OS war is another thing.... but one thing is
> for sure... it wont be Microsoft!
>
> Vista is killing Microsoft and its going down.
> The fact is that the best man will win since switching to a new "OS" will
> be like surfing to a new web site.
>
> There will be an OS war like never before... and all this competition will
> benefit the consumer who will get everything for free!
>
> Wars for giving something out for free?
>
> YES.. because whoever controls this Web OS will be able to make money like
> Google does.
>
> All this is not new.... this is what they thought computing would be when
> computers started to exist!
> They thought there would be several super duper mainframes that would do
> all the work and then millions of stupid cheap "terminals" that people
> would use. In fact The president of IBM Thomas K. Watson is said to have
> claimed that 5 supercomputers are enough to serve the world.
> (this probabaly is a misquote, see "famous misquote" on this page
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson )
>
> He said it because he was thinking of central computing. And I believe
> that this is a solution now that the internet is getting faster.
>
> As you see things are going full circle... but it would not be that way IF
> VISTA WAS GOOD.
>
> If vista was good then there would be no need for other solutions for many
> years to come. Do you all now understand the significant historical
> implications of Vista's FLOP?
>
> Vista unintentionally will change computing forever! HA!
>
> Perhaps an engineer is reading this message now, and he will get the idea
> im talking about that will change the computing world.Under this
> perspective it will be I that will have changed the world
>
> Hardware will be CHEAP AS DIRT to run this thing. There will even be
> machines with no hard drive at all... just a flash drive to boot up the
> machine..
>
> THERE ARE ALREADY SUCH MACHINES AVAILABLE.. :
>
> See the ZONBU
>
> http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/23/live-zonbu-linux-pc-demo/
>
> more videos about the zombu here:
>
> http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=zonbu&hl=en
>
> I am talking about under $100 for a computer...this will enable the whole
> world to be online, and this will indeed have an impact on humanity like
> nothing ever seen before in history.
>
> This also means that your "computer" will be available in any place YOU
> are. For example, you go to an internet cafe, you log onto YOUR account
> and instantly your own desktop is there for you, you log onto the office
> account and you have your office desktop at home.. this is simple its
> possible and convienent and IT WILL HAPPEN. THIS will be the death of
> Microsoft. Not Linux, not MACOS, since its Microsoft that will not be
> ableor willing to follow this course of web based OS.
>
> Why?
>
> Simply because MS doesnt think like that, they want to sell their desktop
> OS, and they are not flexible fast enough.
>
>
functionality:
Skydrive - http://skydrive.live.com
Office Live Work Place
Windows Live Hotmail
and many others
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Tie Various" <noneofyourbusiness@blabla.com> wrote in message
news:4726367e$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> Some time ago I posted a prediction that all this bickering about vista,
> xp, Linux, and macs, is useless.
>
> In the future there will be no "desktop" OS in the manner that we have
> them now, rather the OS will run via the internet.
> As I said in my original post, there will be a lite "OS" that will just be
> a layer to load the real interface.. the real interface will all be web
> based.
> This lite OS will most probably be linux based... as well as the servers
> that the real OS will be running on be linux.
>
> I see no place for windows here... although old OS's will be compatible.
> Of course vista will be dead (THANK GOD) - GOOD RIDDENS CRAPISTA!!
>
> Microsoft will struggle to keep up with this changing technology.. but its
> flagship = windows will be usless.
>
> For those who dont understand how this is possible, all I have to say, is
> that it is technically possible to have almost LIMITLESS BANDWIDTH!
> With limitless bandwidth you really dont care where the OS is... if its
> located on your own disk or somewhere else.
>
> I will not reveal however how this limitless bandwidth is possible yet...
> these guys in the link below are talking about fiber optics which to me is
> low tech.
>
> This prediction is being verified by many sources again and again. The
> buzz word for all this is "CLOUD COMPUTING"
>
> Here is some confirmation
>
> http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/10/28/the-future-of-the-operating-system-is-on-the-web-2/
>
>
> and here is my original post>>>>>
>
> At last!!!>> I am announcing THE NEW ERA OF OS's
> I decided to announce the future so I can end this fussing about Windows,
> MacOS, Ubuntu Linux etc.
>
> One thing is for sure... Vista is the doomsday machine for Microsoft
> whether you like it or understand it or not. It is true.
>
> The future is different than you all think. But I know it.
>
> SO who will win? Windows, MacOSX, or Ubuntu Linux?
>
> The answer is NONE OF THEM!
>
> So who will win and how?
>
> Simple.
>
> There will be no desktop "OS".. everything will be web based... your whole
> OS will be online.
>
> This will be possible because of the new extremely fast internet
> connection speeds.
>
> -You wont have to download anything because it will already be "there"
>
> -You will have unlimited space because the data will not be stored
> locally...
>
> -All apps will install with one click and never have a configuration
> problem because they will not even be installed on your own
> computer,rather they will be like modules only being activated on the
> server.
>
> -Updates will be automatic, you will only be asked if you want the
> update...
>
> -Sending a 1 gb file to a friend will be almost instant since it will
> never even pass through "your" computer rather it will be relayed from the
> network.
>
> What will be the underlying OS on your PC running this web based OS? It
> will probably be a thin and lite opensource version of Linux.
>
> However existing computers will also be able to log onto this web OS with
> their "obsolete bulky monsterous OS's"
>
> Who will win the web based OS war is another thing.... but one thing is
> for sure... it wont be Microsoft!
>
> Vista is killing Microsoft and its going down.
> The fact is that the best man will win since switching to a new "OS" will
> be like surfing to a new web site.
>
> There will be an OS war like never before... and all this competition will
> benefit the consumer who will get everything for free!
>
> Wars for giving something out for free?
>
> YES.. because whoever controls this Web OS will be able to make money like
> Google does.
>
> All this is not new.... this is what they thought computing would be when
> computers started to exist!
> They thought there would be several super duper mainframes that would do
> all the work and then millions of stupid cheap "terminals" that people
> would use. In fact The president of IBM Thomas K. Watson is said to have
> claimed that 5 supercomputers are enough to serve the world.
> (this probabaly is a misquote, see "famous misquote" on this page
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson )
>
> He said it because he was thinking of central computing. And I believe
> that this is a solution now that the internet is getting faster.
>
> As you see things are going full circle... but it would not be that way IF
> VISTA WAS GOOD.
>
> If vista was good then there would be no need for other solutions for many
> years to come. Do you all now understand the significant historical
> implications of Vista's FLOP?
>
> Vista unintentionally will change computing forever! HA!
>
> Perhaps an engineer is reading this message now, and he will get the idea
> im talking about that will change the computing world.Under this
> perspective it will be I that will have changed the world
>
> Hardware will be CHEAP AS DIRT to run this thing. There will even be
> machines with no hard drive at all... just a flash drive to boot up the
> machine..
>
> THERE ARE ALREADY SUCH MACHINES AVAILABLE.. :
>
> See the ZONBU
>
> http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/23/live-zonbu-linux-pc-demo/
>
> more videos about the zombu here:
>
> http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=zonbu&hl=en
>
> I am talking about under $100 for a computer...this will enable the whole
> world to be online, and this will indeed have an impact on humanity like
> nothing ever seen before in history.
>
> This also means that your "computer" will be available in any place YOU
> are. For example, you go to an internet cafe, you log onto YOUR account
> and instantly your own desktop is there for you, you log onto the office
> account and you have your office desktop at home.. this is simple its
> possible and convienent and IT WILL HAPPEN. THIS will be the death of
> Microsoft. Not Linux, not MACOS, since its Microsoft that will not be
> ableor willing to follow this course of web based OS.
>
> Why?
>
> Simply because MS doesnt think like that, they want to sell their desktop
> OS, and they are not flexible fast enough.
>
>