On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 6:48:31 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 23:34:51 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >> It is on my other computer. I'll try to remember to post it tomorrow.
> >
> > <dsi1>
> >
> > I guess you've never heard of The Cloud? I guess that Clouds are the
> > best thing since Google! If I could live in the cloud I guess I would
> > be in heaven. I would be an enigma - I guess I would be everywhere,
> > but nowhere at all, all at the same time!
> >
> > <dsi1 off>
>
> Heard of it; don't use it. My other computer can be accessed as long as
> there is electricity. The cloud needs an internet connection. Will you
> always have 100% up time on the internet?

Yikes, the mortals have evoked the name of the Gods again... Local storage is going the way of the steam engine. That's hard for people who grew up during the age of hard drives to accept but time marches on. Obviously, the goal is to not even have to rely on a powerful local processor. Such a "computer" will require a fast wireless broadband connection. We'll get that.

I'm typing this on a nifty ASUS Flip chromebook. The only thing I had to do to set it up was log into my Google account and it synchronized in a few seconds. I don't have to configure anything. That's why it's the future. It even runs Android applications - well, I did have to reconfigure the OS to be able to do that but it's a small price to be able to glimpse a few months into the future.

You guys don't care about Android applications but this development has Microsoft shaking in their boots. Their Windows 10 free upgrade program is due to end at the end of this month - Windows 10 at $110 is going to be a hard sell. They will be forced to change their plans. Contrary to popular belief, MS is not worried about Apple. Their big headache is Chromebooks and Chrome OS and now Chrome/Android. And the beat goes on.