I think Microsoft is going to adapt sooner or later to this new concept in operating systems. And it's only a normal move since more and more people have at least 2 computers. I for one I am struggling with the fact that I always have to keep both of them synchronized. There are programs or plugins that can help, but if a operating system would be designed to be synchronized it would really help me and a lot of people in my situation. I'll take an example .... something that happens to all. You bookmark a website on one computer - what do you do if you need that bookmark on your other computer? There's nothing much you can do on Internet Explorer; on Mozilla Firefox there is a plugin that does just that and recently even more. Just the same with the files from one computer to the other. Fortunately there are specialized software to do that. Mozilla is introducing their cloud concept but it's still in beta - it should give users the ability to synchronize their browser over multiple computers... that is settings, bookmarks, passwords, everything!
Another thing that I think is pretty common is the fact that people don't like to have different desktops on different computers. It's something psychological of course... It would be far better if one could synchronize all options from one operating system to another. Same debate with software. Update on one computer and then just synchronize the changes done. Microsoft will be eventually forced to harness the incredible power of the Internet.

As a side note - I don't think they will ever give up the "Windows" trademark. Microsoft and Windows are like synonyms so a name change would do a lot of harm!

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But what will you do when they pull support for XP Prof? I know it won't be until 2014 or whatever but it's good to start thinking.


Microsoft isn't giving up, they are just dropping an outdated product name. In my oppinion, they shouldn't have branded Vista with the Windows name, it's a new, redesigned OS (sorta...).


They have taken the internet access issue into consideration. In fact, all the major players in the computing world have been talking about this concept for a while now. The projections say that in less than 10 years, a majority of the world will have access to high speed internet. That's kindof exciting don't you think? Not even a majority of the world operates a computer yet at this stage. This change is going to be dramatic as well. Almost the entire concept of computing will eventually change with the visions that some have shared with me. Don't get me wrong, this won't happen for a few years. The cloud computing theory will only work if it does change.

Imagine you have this built in protocol (NetBios) that allows you to boot from a remote machine/server? Great, you tell me OS is too big even for dsl... Well then, lets get rid of OS. Let's just load things as we need them. So what do we need; machine language interpreter, drivers, etc etc...

Ok, I feel I'm losing everyone, at least I bore myself. I think you get the idea though. It is extra bandwidth, but I'd expect that most people use far less of their current OS than they suspect. It will be an end to the 'windows' framework I hope. I'm sure that once it happens, there will be interfaces for it that resemble Windows for a time, but I hope they can break out of this conceptual madness that we are in. Windows was a great step up from DOS, but I think alot of us have been waiting and wondering when the next step will be taken. The major companies have finally heard our cries and complaints about debilitating, feature rich software and are moving us in the direction we wanted; to allow us to choose what we want to use (or clog) our systems with. Don't be fooled that Mac and Linux won't jump on this concept in one way or another. In fact, I would say that Linux is ahead of the curve so far. In Linux, if you want a new piece of software, all we have to do is type in one line of command, or some of us get a nice GUI to scroll through. It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to allow the same priveledge for d/loading and installing the actual OS. Another thing to keep in mind is people haven't started to say we don't need a hard drive yet, which makes me think that we might only download it every once in a while, at least in the begining.

The pricing and so forth of course I'm dreading with everyone else. I use a free OS but that doesn't mean I don't use commercial software (at least so far). In one discussion I had with some Web2.0 guys, they pointed out that, if I was charged based on what I used, instead of a flat fee that included everything, it should make my next operating system purchase cheaper... I suppose this would be true if the companies broke their price down based on what they currently charge.

As for security, I don't think I'll trust Microsoft for a long time, but mabye with better management, they can pick up thier game.

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Well its not a hoax since pcworld is well established computer magazine, I would think it more like juicy gossip with a side of rumor. Since I mentioned in several posts that cloud computing is still a new concept and I would say they are abandoning making operating systems, but shelving the source code that runs all the various window operating systems. So if they were to make a new operating the source code will be done by scratch and mentioned early have hints of windows in it, but it won't be a windows operating system.

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Haha, this news must be a hoax or written by some not very computer literated company. Is this possible that Microsoft will actually abandon their product?
And is it possible to move a windows OS to a web OS? That is a crazy idea, so where will those gamers, those no internet users, might go? What OS should they use? If Microsoft really done that, then microsoft is much like crazy.

I think if windows is much own by Bill gate then bill gate is leaving microsoft, then I might think that this microsoft will do something about bill gate.

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Well yeah, its impossible to use cloud computing without having a base system. A network card doesn't know how to operate on its own ;D
But potentially a cloud system would mean a 2MB file on a disc could remotely download the rest of the operating system (effectively
minimizing installation time to your connection speed), and then have the rest of your data stored on a huge raid system for free (gotta
put that $600 bucks for something right?). But I highly doubt storing data would be online seeing the new Solid-State Drives that are
coming out, because they are nearly instant drives, and people will still feel secure by having their data on their own machine.

But as for Windows 7, I think their bringing it out too fast, people are getting confused with the sudden rush of Operating Systems being
released. Programmers are making a lot of money selling programs in all kinds of different languages that support these new OS's,
so as one I guess I should be happy. But before Microsoft released a new OS on an average of 7 years, that gave time for the pollsters
to gather data on what they need in new versions, and gave people time to upgrade (vista had time, but people felt rushed).

As for linux, I believe it will still remain a geek only OS, so I don't think it will grow. Because Windows and Mac dominate the market
and their *ALMOST* idiot-proof OS's, I don't think the general public will ever start to learn how the Operating System REALLY works.

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