In my opinion, Microsoft developed the industry and then stopped innovating as it went into 'protection mode' and tried to just sit there and protect its cash cows, Office and OS. I agree with the article that the company is here for the foreseeable future, but not at the forefront of anything but gaming.
Microsoft will be interesting to watch as it moves into the era of cloud computing. It has so much invested in traditional on the hard drive type applications that I see inertia making it difficult for the company to do well as it moves online.
Microsoft hates the shift to the cloud. It means that it's lucrative Office Suite will have to become free and Office provides a substantial chunk of MSFT's revenue and profit. I'd be interested to see if MSFT's cash on hand dwindles from around 23 billion, downward as it loses revenue streams.
This is amazing, Google's smart software is a genius move that will save the company billions. As regular computers are upgraded, Google will destroy Moore's Law in how much faster it gets per year.
Dear Article,
What are your thoughts on the privacy implications of not owning your data anymore because it is stored online?
Please get back to me.
- JF
Chrome OS will be a great operating system for public places, such as libraries that already have moved their catalogs online. I do not think people will understand a google netbook as a companion machine. No one wants to spend money on a piece of hardware that can't stand on its own.
Considering data centers as hardware and not buildings is a great way to think about this. It is interesting that the article doesn't mention mainframes, as this new cloud model w/ servers is similar to how dumb terminals used to work w/ mainframes.
The market demands mobile and the cloud has risen to meet the demands.
The cloud has issues not addressed here. Centralizing your data leaves it open to being compromised, see the nytimes today about google's password system being attacked.
This article is scary, it details just how difficult and time consuming it is to take down a bot-net, which can take under an hour to infect hundreds of thousands of computers. Bot-Nets can serve a variety of purposes, but nefarious users create nefarious bot-nets. I wonder if a strategy to eradicate them would be to create a well intentioned bot-net controlled by an independent agency that has the mission to tackle malware.
This article is inspiring and frustrating. It is nice to see people dedicated to helping keep the public safe, unfortunately as un-thanked and unofficial public servants. The true frustration here is w/ the infrastructure of the internet and system software that allow these widespread infections. There is a distinct need for a new type generation of the internet that would prevent/solve these types of problems organically.
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