With “Access” to the cloud!

[klwemu]

I dont understand why Microsoft is following the Google line, to put everything in the browser. So Microsoft lost the initiative from the hands and strengthens even the Google approach! But most of all, MS loses also the advantage that there is (still) thousands of programs exclusively on MS technology. Is that strategically, right?

Why everything in the browser? There are more beautiful options such as TerminalServer (TS) or simple RDP - even with nice advantages.

This would allow Microsoft to make a "SkyPC” or better a "CloudPC" as an offer.

A virtual windows machine on which I can access with TS/RDP from any device on my data and Applications! The device can then also be on Linux, Android, iPhone, or a iPad (Access2010 App on the iPad > pics at: URL REMOVED BY MODERATOR- works great)
One Solution for really all platforms!

In this case, I can concentrate 100% of my resources of developing on Microsoft products and all is almost automatically in the Cloud.

TS/RDP is of course today possible, but compared to i.e. GoogleDocs is it far too complicated and, unfortunately, too expensive.

Microsoft brings the "CloudPC" a wealth of benefits. And for software companies that would be a clear strengthening of market position against WebSolutions. And for the Customers, anyway, a terminal server solution is the better choice..

Of course, all is not as simple as outlined here. But to send a rocket to the moon is also not easy - but we can.

So … "Yes we can!" Microsoft, give us a CloudPC!

 

[Lightwave]

I always hope that there are underlying technical reasons that mean the best technology is adopted / and or promoted.

I assume given time all things will be made "simple"

These may be a naive assumptions.
But don't they say given time all is possible

 

[Dairy Farmer]

You obviously live in a city. A large percentage of us do not live anywhere near a large town (see http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_per_liv_in_rur_are-people-percentage-living-rural-areas), let alone a city or even a contry with some kind of decent telcoms infrastructure. 76 out of 193 (39%) countries have a rural population of 50% or more.

DSL requires that your line is no longer than x kilometers from a dsl enabled exchange. Telcoms will not enable an exchange if there are not a certain number of customers. My "land line" is deliverd to me via 2 strands of #8 wire from a fiber cable some 3 km away. That fiber cable is 5 km from an exchange. 12 years ago that exchange was a manual exchange. Ask your grandparents if you don't know what a manual exchage is.

Satalite has serious lag and is badly affected by weather on both ends.
Wifi and WiMax is limited in coverage.

Cell phone (the connection I use) is patchy, unreliable, slow and expensive. Even if you were lucky enough to have 3G or better, you are most likely in an area with dsl. I am lucky if I can even get a connection to the net and even then I can't get better than 128K.

Lastly service providers are notorious for shaping data and limiting bandwidth. Add to that cache servers (very popular outside of USA and Europe) and overloaded servers (another trick of service providers).

I think I'll stick with a "bricks and morter" pc ans software for the next few decades.