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Like Adobe streaming their Photoshop software from their servers, Like Google is trying to push Chrome OS so that you DO NOT need hard drives. Big boys in mark

Like Adobe streaming their Photoshop software from their servers, Like Google is trying to push Chrome OS so that you DO NOT need hard drives. Big boys in market, sooner or later, will move all software and hardware power to their side leaving you with a screen, mouse and keyboard to interact with everything. As soon as companies do not have control over whatever you are doing, they are losing benefit on it. Get ready to this big move already, every big company will try to do this to my opinion which is sad.

hnarn 12y ago
As long as there are computer parts and open source software, you can still opt out if you want to.
- justcommenting 12y ago
  don't forget the importance of open hardware, e.g. bunnie's novena project
mahouse 12y ago
While I agree that I definitely see this trend, this does not mean that this trend will end up winning. We have seen lots of horrible trends like this one and almost none of them survived.
- parasubvert 12y ago
  I think you underestimate the momentum behind this trend: the vast manjority of users want it.
  - whizzkid 12y ago
    That is the horrifying part, right!?
    - parasubvert 12y ago
      What's horrifying about it? Many people have been wanting to store their stuff on the cloud for decades. In fact, geeks HAVE done it for decades with Rsync. Now it's happening for the masses. One may not like this, because Snowden, but I don't think most people really are worried about that.
13 12y ago
It's at odds with the name, but Creative Cloud runs independent of Adobe. "Cloud" refers to a harsher anti piracy check under the guise of a Dropbox like file storage that nobody uses.
- firloop 12y ago
  I think the parent level poster was referring to the cloud-streaming capabilities Adobe is rolling out for Photoshop and presumably other programs, starting on the Chromebook. http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-party-starting.html http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-pa...
  - 13 12y ago
    Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Prior to this people were confused about what Creative Cloud meant, so I assumed the parent was a continuation of that.

hnarn 12y ago

As long as there are computer parts and open source software, you can still opt out if you want to.

justcommenting 12y ago
don't forget the importance of open hardware, e.g. bunnie's novena project

mahouse 12y ago

While I agree that I definitely see this trend, this does not mean that this trend will end up winning. We have seen lots of horrible trends like this one and almost none of them survived.

parasubvert 12y ago
I think you underestimate the momentum behind this trend: the vast manjority of users want it.
- whizzkid 12y ago
  That is the horrifying part, right!?
  - parasubvert 12y ago
    What's horrifying about it? Many people have been wanting to store their stuff on the cloud for decades. In fact, geeks HAVE done it for decades with Rsync. Now it's happening for the masses. One may not like this, because Snowden, but I don't think most people really are worried about that.

13 12y ago

It's at odds with the name, but Creative Cloud runs independent of Adobe. "Cloud" refers to a harsher anti piracy check under the guise of a Dropbox like file storage that nobody uses.

firloop 12y ago
I think the parent level poster was referring to the cloud-streaming capabilities Adobe is rolling out for Photoshop and presumably other programs, starting on the Chromebook. http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-party-starting.html http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-pa...
- 13 12y ago
  Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Prior to this people were confused about what Creative Cloud meant, so I assumed the parent was a continuation of that.