The 3rd era of computing today !
I consider we can distinguish 3 era of computing from computer users point of view.
The 1st era of computing started with the birth of the home computer: The computer is used by the general public like a fabulous tool, able to perform text processing, printing, programmable tasks, etc. Because of software, people have to buy and then install them on their computers.
The 2nd era of computing started with the birth of the global network: Internet. This era connects computers together, and the world wide web provides information publishing, information search, on-line services and business arround it. One program is free and can be found on every computer : the web browser.
These days have seen the birth of the WebOS (also called sometimes Web 2.0) that start the 3rd era of computing. Web servers provide personnal data hosting (albums, emails, music, text documents, spreadsheets, files, data bases, ...), online programs dealing with this data (text processing, spreadsheet application, emails and blogs applications, musics and albums managers, etc.), and services. All is accessible from a simple web browser freely available on each computer. The personal computer gradualy disapears from homes and is replaced by less intelligent home devices like TVs that allows people to browse the web and access all personnal data, programs and services. No more need for buying or installing software. Only buying services (all services are free for basic functions and only advanced functions are sold).
Is the 3rd era of computing a reality today ? I think so. I'm writing these lines because Google has just opened his new Google base service allowing people to create, store and use personnal data bases on line (cf. Sylvain's article). We already know that Google will open soon his Google disk service, offering people a way to store every kind of files on a personal remote disk hosted by Google (and apply web programs and services on them ?).
Writely, a web text processor, WikiCalc a web spreadsheet application, and JotSpot offer an interesting begining for web office applications.
Could we assemble the first webOS distribution with Google tools and services and office applications like Writely ("Google office" soon ?) ?
An interesting tool is Google desktop search, which is able to insert data localy stored onto your computer into web pages you browse on the net. It makes the link beetwen the web 1.0 and web 2.0 era.
Finally, web browsers like Firefox or the browser it seems Google is actually working on, would be the minimal real eavy software you'd need on a computer, or a TV, video game box, etc., to boot the WebOS.
The 1st era of computing started with the birth of the home computer: The computer is used by the general public like a fabulous tool, able to perform text processing, printing, programmable tasks, etc. Because of software, people have to buy and then install them on their computers.
The 2nd era of computing started with the birth of the global network: Internet. This era connects computers together, and the world wide web provides information publishing, information search, on-line services and business arround it. One program is free and can be found on every computer : the web browser.
These days have seen the birth of the WebOS (also called sometimes Web 2.0) that start the 3rd era of computing. Web servers provide personnal data hosting (albums, emails, music, text documents, spreadsheets, files, data bases, ...), online programs dealing with this data (text processing, spreadsheet application, emails and blogs applications, musics and albums managers, etc.), and services. All is accessible from a simple web browser freely available on each computer. The personal computer gradualy disapears from homes and is replaced by less intelligent home devices like TVs that allows people to browse the web and access all personnal data, programs and services. No more need for buying or installing software. Only buying services (all services are free for basic functions and only advanced functions are sold).
Is the 3rd era of computing a reality today ? I think so. I'm writing these lines because Google has just opened his new Google base service allowing people to create, store and use personnal data bases on line (cf. Sylvain's article). We already know that Google will open soon his Google disk service, offering people a way to store every kind of files on a personal remote disk hosted by Google (and apply web programs and services on them ?).
Writely, a web text processor, WikiCalc a web spreadsheet application, and JotSpot offer an interesting begining for web office applications.
Could we assemble the first webOS distribution with Google tools and services and office applications like Writely ("Google office" soon ?) ?
An interesting tool is Google desktop search, which is able to insert data localy stored onto your computer into web pages you browse on the net. It makes the link beetwen the web 1.0 and web 2.0 era.Finally, web browsers like Firefox or the browser it seems Google is actually working on, would be the minimal real eavy software you'd need on a computer, or a TV, video game box, etc., to boot the WebOS.
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