Comments on: Chrome in the Clouds: The Google OS

By: Dion Moult

Dion Moult — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:03:03 +0000

@hari: I agree. I recently switched to using Google services because of the ease of synchronisation between my computer, the web, and my Windows Mobile handphone. Google’s services were acting as the middle-man, so to say that allowed me to ensure all were up to date.

Unfortunately that hasn’t exactly benefited me that much either, and Google’s services have made my PIM experience anything but convenient. GMail’s interface? Not when I can have KMail. Don’t ask me on what the hell Google does to their IMAP either. Google Calendar’s a pain to synchronise.

I shall soon switch back to my own hosted services.

By: hari

hari — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:39:31 +0000

I personally don’t believe in cloud computing. I will NEVER will allow my workflow to be web-centric as I live in a country where bandwidth, network connectivity are still issues that can cause problems.

Besides, I don’t trust google beyond a point and will never become dependent on them. Yes, having gmail is one thing, but I also have other mail providers to fall back on.

I won’t use their “services” any more than I can help it.

By: Matija "hook" Šuklje

Matija "hook" Šuklje — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:41:04 +0000

Right now I don’t have time to comment in length, because I’m packing to go sailing for a week.

But in short, I agree with most that you said and especially the conclusion. We cannot fight that people will be wowed by Google’s (now) wholesome package. What we can do is do it better! And the NEPOMUK+SocialDesktop combination with a large serving of privacy, open standards and personalisation and a pinch of P2P and F2F is the way to go. I’ve already written a short article[1] on that matter a while ago, but I’m preparing a new one someday this month.

[1] http://matija.suklje.name/?q=node/69