It's an interesting take, and one that's sure to really upset the Winopoly if it's got any success at all. So Google's taking this trend to its logical conclusion: why bother with "local" at all? I wouldn't be surprised if the number was even higher. Nowadays, it's so common that perhaps 50% of all software development is now oriented around "cloud computing". With plugins and all, Firefox is showing lots of signs, but it's just not stepping up to the plate - I guess the vision isn't quite there - the guys at Firefox still see the browser as a browser.Ī decade ago, the idea of moving any kind of application "into the cloud" was a laughable concept that most people wouldn't dare touch. But it's struck me for some time that the browser really *should* be the next generation O/S. We all still boot an O/S and run applications on the O/S, some of which are Internet-access applications. It's been moving towards cloud computing for about a decade, now, but aside from killing the client-server application, the Internet really hasn't caused any major change in platform. I've been waiting for the next platform shift.
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