Comments on: Cloudo: Your Entire Operating System In The Cloud

By: Hobosic

Hobosic — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:56:43 +0000

Hi,
Can i take a one small picture from your site?

Have a nice day
Hobosic

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:15:21 +0000

Won’t that happen gradually, in time, as more applications are developed and more users sign up?

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:11:05 +0000

Thanks Guy!

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:55:26 +0000

I can definitely see applications for this in the business world – especially my industry. I think you are correct that if you have a netbook with a basic set of drivers that hooks to something like Cloudo or Ghost on startup.

Good find Stefan. Good writing too!

By: Rohan Jayasekera

Rohan Jayasekera — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:37:04 +0000

There is no need for files at all if you just use web-based applications like Google Docs. But if you insist on managing your own set of files:

How are you going to run anything other than a simple application? Cloudo cannot run Microsoft Office or OpenOffice; it can’t run Photoshop or anything like it. Third-party developers won’t port their apps to a platform that doesn’t have a large number of users.

A remote virtual desktop like Cloudo needs to give the user an established operating environment like Windows or Linux, so that apps like Microsoft Office can be used. (I have no particular interest in remote virtual desktops but I know that some products already exist, e.g. VMware View provides access to a Windows desktop that actually runs on a server.)

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:01:21 +0000

You can’t save files to your computer as far as I know.

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:57:08 +0000

You, me and John C. Dvorak; Yes we all think about privacy: that’s why I have a password for the smartcard which contains the password to my master password database. All my passwords are usually 12-32 characters HEX or ASCII for bank and PayPal. Which also means that I don’t actually know my Google account password – just the key to unlock it.

The point is, that if you’re careful, and you don’t put your SSN up there, you’ll probably be fine.

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:51:36 +0000

Isn’t the point to be able to do stuff like view videos, write, save files, etc without leaving the CloudOS? The whole workflow inside the Cloud OS. Not having to jump from a site to another; I can’t view Box.net files in Google Docs, for example.

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:46:53 +0000

A great find Sameep! Thanks, I’m going to review that in a later article.

By: Stefan Neagu

Stefan Neagu — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:39:50 +0000

You have a couple of good points in there. Keep it up!