Comments on: Report: Ballmer hints at 'Windows Cloud'

In a speech in London, the Microsoft chief executive reportedly talks about a coming cloud-based OS, as well as plans to allow light Office document editing over the Web.

[Penguinisto]

Thin clients?

Okay... for those folks who do nothing more than email, browsing, and maybe a little movie streaming here and there.

Then again, didn't they try all of this in the '90s with WebTV, MSNTV, and the like? Notice how many of those ventures went 'splat (as in: pretty much all of them)?

Sure, these days may be different (starting with wide broadband availability), but seriously... good frickin' luck changing folks' minds about what is essentially their data.

/P

[Vegaman_Dan]

Thin clients are indeed what will be needed for cloud computing. It's been in all the news of late. I'm sure you've heard about it. Apple, RedHat, IBM, Microsoft- even Dell wants to do this now.

If you have you data up online, why do you need a megamachine locally?

WebTV, MSNTV and so on were TV apps similar to the limitations in the AppleTV.

I don't really like the idea of this push to cloud computing, but we'll see where it goes. I'm not about to condemn Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft, Amazon, and RedHat because they want to try this out.

We all know of your obsessive compulsive disorder when it comes to anything Microsoft, but in this case, give it time and let it come out before you go off on a tirade without any knowledge or experience with it.

[The_Decider]

Dan,

"If you have you data up online", you are either an idiot or your data has no value.

[t8]

Oh no, the Windows Cloud has crashed again.
I hate the blue sky of death.

[dadsgravy]

NERD!

[Vegaman_Dan]

That wasn't bad! :)

[ppgreat]

Windows Cloud = Vaporware?

[DougInBoulder]

"DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!"

[Commander_Spock]

Re: "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a crowd in London that Microsoft this month will show off its new development environment for Internet-based applications--what he dubbed "Windows Cloud.".....] Is anyone smelling that Fresh Brew of "LOTUS KONA" as yet? Wow!

[misfire99]

There already is a "Windows Cloud" it's called botnet. Russia used it to do DoS attacks against Georgia. Isn't it great how Windows has become so useful that Russians can us PCs in America without leaving home to do DoS attacks against other countries.

[The_Decider]

The cloud is niche at best.

Any serious business has regulations dealing with security of data to contend with. "Cloud computing" (AKA online mainframe) will not ever pass muster.