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Post subject: Microsofts head in the Clouds?
 Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 01:04 AM
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Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals' computers.
The new platform, dubbed Windows Azure, was announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The platform was described by Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie as "Windows for the cloud". The framework will be offered alongside the next Windows release, Windows 7.
The move sees Microsoft taking on established players like Google and Amazon in the rapidly growing business of online software. The aim is to allow developers to build new applications which will live on the internet, rather than on their own computers.
Microsoft believes consumers will also want to store far more of their data - from letters to photos to videos - on the servers in its "cloud" of giant data centres around the world, so that it can be accessed anywhere, from any device.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7693993.stm |
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Post subject: Re: Microsofts head in the Clouds?
Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 03:33 AM
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| britstarfan wrote: | Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals' computers.
The new platform, dubbed Windows Azure, was announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The platform was described by Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie as "Windows for the cloud". The framework will be offered alongside the next Windows release, Windows 7.
The move sees Microsoft taking on established players like Google and Amazon in the rapidly growing business of online software. The aim is to allow developers to build new applications which will live on the internet, rather than on their own computers.
Microsoft believes consumers will also want to store far more of their data - from letters to photos to videos - on the servers in its "cloud" of giant data centres around the world, so that it can be accessed anywhere, from any device.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7693993.stm |
OH BOY! And we think we have a problem with identity theft now!?!  That is a bomb waiting to explode in our cloudy faces.  What is Microsoft thinking? |
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Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 03:46 AM
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They're not...
It's just like stupid Vista. Msoft can shut you down from anywhere if they think you are using illegal software or something.
You need to separate your computer from the internet. Or have a separate "computer" that is just "internet". So you don't risk losing or exposing critical data.
Somehow I don't think Uncle Sam would go for this...  |
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Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 02:17 PM
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Can anyone really challenge Microsofts domination, in the computer market place. Some thing like 95% of all computers sold use Windows, and other Microsoft software, preinstalled,So they have us by the throat.
Linux and Mac are alternatives, but then what happens, when you can't get any of your hardware to work, with your operating system,because all supplied drivers are usually for Windows only .?
I have Linux on one of my spare hard drives, and trying to get things to run/work with a non Windows system,and trying to find Linux compatable drivers for anything attatched to my computer, (even using the internet) is a big problem. |
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Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 03:25 PM
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| Big Brother getting bigger? My husband tells me that our government is pushing this idea. |
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Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 09:07 PM
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| Mirizor wrote: | | Big Brother getting bigger? My husband tells me that our government is pushing this idea. |
I guess if our information is in cyberspace, it's much easier for Goverments to get hold of, without having to get warrants, who would know if civil liberties are being broken. |
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