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It just doesnt make sense, Firefox OS doesnt do more 'in the cloud' than you would expect.
by daleharvey 13y ago
It just doesnt make sense, Firefox OS doesnt do more 'in the cloud' than you would expect.
- thirsteh 13y agoDon't question the power of the cloud!
- leeoniya 13y agosometimes i wonder if many tech evangelists & PR people are so detached from the technology they promote that they themselves don't understand what they mean when they say "cloud". the unwashed masses clearly have no way of understanding what "the cloud" is any more than "a series of tubes"
- pavlov 13y agoI've noticed that a lot of people seem to think that "cloud servers" are either located in space, or that smartphones at least use some kind of satellite uplink to connect with "the cloud". I think people are simply mixing up GPS with Internet-based services. Anyway, it's pretty brilliant marketing for cloud companies. It's kind of poetic to think of your data as being "somewhere up in the sky", light as air -- sure beats the reality of thousands of hot, smelly data centers in nondescript office buildings.
- gregsq 13y agoWell i guess you'd call this explanation for a not insignificant number of listeners the possible beginning of a 'cloud religiosity'. http://youtu.be/ApQlMm39xr0 http://youtu.be/ApQlMm39xr0
- chrismorgan 13y agoI've come across people that believe The Cloud is one specific place.
- jbeja 13y agoI do question things that doesn't make any sense. Sorry
- leeoniya 13y agonot sure if this is meant to be sarcasm. but since you're working on FF OS, maybe you could clarify the obviously inaccurate marketing speak. P.S. i'm going to be the first to jump in and run it on my rooted HTC Jewel in lieu of CyanogenMod once there's a port. it can't come soon enough.
- daleharvey 13y agoheh that was supposed to be a clarification, definitely not sarcasm, what he said didnt make sense, Firefox OS doesnt use any more, and probably uses a lot less 'cloud services' that other smartphones.
- chestnut-tree 13y agoAgree it doesn't make sense particularly since Firefox OS is meant for "emerging markets" where internet connectivity may be uneven or patchy. In other words, offline capability is even more important. I hope Firefox OS gains traction - an open source mobile OS that values your privacy and doesn't track you to death is something to be welcomed.
- pjmlp 13y agoIs the full stack down to the drivers open source? Otherwise it is no different from the others. I still have issues with browser as OS idea anyway.