[real-eyes] Re: internet exployer 7
- From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:58:08 -0400
Hi Kathie and all,
The "cloud" is also a physical location, a building with computers where the
data is kept. It is just as subject to fire or burglary or whatever. I do
agree that the idea of cloud computing is here to stay but I'm not sure how
much people will embrace. It does have it's advantages and disadvantages.
Your data and applications would only be as accessible as your internet
connection so if you happen to be someplace that has no connection you are
stuck. On the other hand having access to most or all of your data anywhere
could be good.
Thanks,
Jim
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On Behalf Of kathie martin
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 3:17 AM
To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [real-eyes] internet exployer 7
> Below is an interesting comment from a friend on another list. Jim, I see
> your point about cloud computing. I used to hope it would just go away.
> Then I got my Windows Secret newsletter this week and they were talking
> about a fire that took down their web host and they were moving their
> operation to the cloud so they would have fail over capabilities and not
> be dependent on a physical data center. I'm not sure how it's all going
> to work, but I bet it's headed there eventually.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Granados
> To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:41 AM
> Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Fw: google's new OS
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> Reg,
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> Good points but a few things to consider.
> Remember that Google's accessibility lead is blind so I think it's
> reasonable to think our community will receive attention. Just like in my
> company I bring up issues of accessible I'm sure someone hired with that
> goal in mind will make sure we're well represented.
> Next, google tends to be an open source company. This means unlike
> Microsoft you'll be able to get the source code with out having to enter
> in to complex licensing or development agreements. This means anyone with
> time and desire can write tools including screen readers and also means
> companies like FS or GW will have few barriers to market but it also means
> inventive graduate students or creative blind folks trying to get a foot
> hold can develop their own products.
> You already have Apple applying a lot of pressure in the accessibility
> space now, especially with phones so I think yet another OS will
> eventually lead to more competition. The only thing I worry about is
> there being to many options so no one company can survive but I personally
> would like to see companies like FS go by the way side and accessibility
> be handled just like any other OS feature much like Apple handles this
> now.
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> Just my $.02
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Reginald George
> To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Adaptive technology information and
> support.
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:15 AM
> Subject: [accesscomp] Fw: google's new OS
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> What really blows my mind in the below interesting article, is the
> difference in the stock price. Could a computing sea change be on the
> way? If computing fragments and everyone starts using their own favorite
> operating systems what will this do for standards and accessibility?
> Microsoft has said in the past that Windows 7 would be the last version of
> Windows. Much computing is supposed to be moving to the cloud. At the
> end they say that people have tried to compete with Windows in the past
> and failed. But they didn't have a billion dollar company behind them.
> Google needs to have continuing pressure applied from the VI community
> around the issues of accessibility. The Chrome browser hasn't been
> accessible at all to this point. But they have promised to address
> accessibility in the future. they really need to address it now. Just my
> thoughts.
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> Reg
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> LLEY, Idaho (AP) -- Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for
> inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to diminish Microsoft Corp.'s
> longstanding control over people's computer experience.
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> The new operating system, announced Tuesday night on Google's Web site,
> will be based on the company's 9-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google
> intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to
> develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running
> computers in the second half of 2010.
>
> Shares of Google jumped $6.92, 1.8 percent, to $403.55 in morning trading
> Wednesday, while Microsoft fell 15 cents to $22.38.
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> Google is designing the operating system primarily for "netbooks," a
> lower-cost, less powerful breed of laptop computers that is becoming
> increasingly popular among budget-conscious consumers primarily interested
> in surfing the Web.
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> Google has already introduced an operating system for smart phones and
> other mobile devices, called Android, that vies against various other
> systems, including ones made by Microsoft and Apple Inc.
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> The Android system worked well enough to entice some computer makers to
> begin developing netbooks that will run on it. For instance, Acer Inc.,
> the world's third-largest PC maker, said last month it would make netbooks
> that run Android instead of Windows. Acer said Android would make the
> computers less expensive and possibly help them boot up faster.
>
> Google, though, apparently believes a Chrome-based system will be better
> suited for netbooks.
>
> That is a direct challenge to Microsoft, whose next operating system,
> Windows 7, is being geared for netbooks as well as larger computers. And
> it would be Google's boldest confrontation yet with its biggest nemesis.
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> Microsoft had no immediate comment Wednesday.
>
> A duel between the two technology powerhouses has been steadily
> escalating in recent years as Google's dominance of the Internet's
> lucrative search market has given it the means to threaten Microsoft in
> ways that few other companies can.
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> Google already has rankled Microsoft by luring some of its top employees
> and developing an online package of computer programs that provide an
> alternative to Microsoft's top-selling word processing, spreadsheet and
> calendar applications.
>
> Meanwhile, Microsoft has been trying to thwart Google by investing
> billions of dollars to improve its own Internet search and advertising
> systems - to little avail so far.
>
> In the past month or so, though, Microsoft has been winning positive
> reviews and picking up more users with the latest upgrade to its search
> engine, now called Bing. Microsoft is hailing the makeover with a $100
> million marketing campaign.
>
> Now Google is aiming for Microsoft's financial jugular with Chrome its
> operating system.
>
> Microsoft has drawn much of its power - and profits - from the Windows
> operating system that has steered most personal computers for the past two
> decades.
>
> Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, and its co-founders, Larry Page
> and Sergey Brin, have not concealed their disdain for Windows.
>
> Schmidt maintains Microsoft sometimes unfairly rigs its operating system
> to limit consumer choices - something that Microsoft has consistently
> denied doing. Google fears Microsoft could limit access to its search
> engine and other products if Windows is set up to favor Microsoft
> products.
>
> Google made a veiled reference to Windows' perceived shortcomings in its
> blog posting Tuesday.
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> "We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear - computers need
> to get better," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product
> management and Linus Upson, Google's engineering director. "We believe
> choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including
> Google."
>
> Schmidt and Brin are expected to discuss Google's new operating system
> this week when they appear at a media conference hosted by Allen & Co. at
> the Sun Valley resort in Idaho.
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> Despite its own power and prominence, Google won't have an easy time
> changing the status quo that has governed personal computing.
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> As an example of how difficult it is to topple a long-established market
> leader, Google estimates about 30 million people are now using its Chrome
> browser - a small fraction of those that rely on Microsoft's
> market-leading Internet Explorer. And there have been various attempts to
> develop open-source software to undermine Windows on PCs, with relatively
> little effect.
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