Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs

September 24th, 2008 By Lou Dolinar

Before recent fuss over the new Google Chrome browser, I was looking at another new freebie that may give the average user a better idea of where the search giant is headed. And it isn't even a Google product.

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• xen_uno - Sep 24, 2008
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  That's cool ... I'd like to see Linux (in general) and Ubuntu (in particular) spread like wildfire.
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• mattytheory - Sep 24, 2008
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  I dunno about the so-called "sky computing" revolution that everyone seems to be so happy about. Though it is headed up by Google, I am still very skeptical about the whole thing. I am all for open source applications. But, I think that they should still be client-side instead of server-side.
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• russellharper - Sep 25, 2008
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  The processing will still be client-side, just the application and data will be server-side. It some ways it makes more sense: no install, no worries about backups, no version upgrades. These are some of the biggest annoyances of owning a personal computer.
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• mattytheory - Sep 25, 2008
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  Maybe for you, but I prefer having autonomy over the software I use.
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