Thursday, March 16, 2006
Search Engine Journal » $100 Laptop + Writely + GDrive = Google’s Future?:
"...People have been speculating for the last couple of years about a GoogleOS or a GooglePC. There’s no GoogleOS, per se — although there is GooglePack and the deal with Sun regarding OpenOffice. And now there’s the Google acquisition of Writely. And then there’s GDrive.
Let’s put aside the major, major privacy issues that may prevent GDrive from really hatching into a full-grown butterfly. Having made that very important qualification, let’s step back and look at the really big picture here:
1. Low cost computers that don’t have big hard drives (say the $100 laptop or similar device)
2. Ubiquitous high-speed access (see GoogleNet or FON)
3. Web-based consumer software apps (e.g., GMail or Writely)
4. Virtually unlimited personal online storage (GDrive)
..."
"...People have been speculating for the last couple of years about a GoogleOS or a GooglePC. There’s no GoogleOS, per se — although there is GooglePack and the deal with Sun regarding OpenOffice. And now there’s the Google acquisition of Writely. And then there’s GDrive.
Let’s put aside the major, major privacy issues that may prevent GDrive from really hatching into a full-grown butterfly. Having made that very important qualification, let’s step back and look at the really big picture here:
1. Low cost computers that don’t have big hard drives (say the $100 laptop or similar device)
2. Ubiquitous high-speed access (see GoogleNet or FON)
3. Web-based consumer software apps (e.g., GMail or Writely)
4. Virtually unlimited personal online storage (GDrive)
..."
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