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Imagine...an internet based world

Was reading "The Google Story", when i got this wierd idea.


Consider a stripped down version of Linux, meant only for doing simple things such as browsing the internet, to read from the various drives (which is primarily meant only for storage of personal data), to play music and some single-player games.
All the rest provided by the internet. Information searching/Chatting/Mailing/Documentation editing/journal maintenance/daily schedule maintenance/news/rss/shopping, etc. What else will you use for your computer for?


Ok, actually i have been working on mainframes for some time now and am getting adjusted to the "dumb terminal" concept. Then i started associating the concept with scenario we are observing all over the net.


As a matter of fact this will reduce the power of processing required on the client side also!!! Looks like the world is changing.... for the bettter, yup, i am sure.

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Kishore said…
Wow! Talk of a Web OS.. u just buy a device and the moment u hook on, u have world at ur feet... and having said that, it is not that highly difficult either... tell u what, this is one great business opportunity...
2/14/2006 10:44 AM
Sachin Nayak said…
How abt quitting to implement this revolutionary idea??? U quit, i ll join you soon.
2/14/2006 10:53 AM
Rohan said…
Sachin and his crazy ideas.
I was wondering, how would you control viruses?

He he.. I am not a geek in OS concepts. In fact, I am technically ZERO.. That's why I work for the world's third best software company..
2/14/2006 1:59 PM
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