Published by Robert Pogson September 4th, 2012
in technology.
“A system for providing an operating system over a network to a local device is provided. The system includes a base image server, a preferences image server and an image loader. The system may also include a boot loader. A method for providing an operating system over a network to a local device is also provided. The method includes receiving a request for an operating system. The method further includes transmitting to a local device remotely stored base and preferences images that are configured for combination into a combined image. The method may also include the synchronizing the combined image with a cached version of an operating system on the local device.”
see United States Patent: 8239662.
Of course, M$ is calling their OS “the first cloud OS” so there could be fireworks…
Of course, I think Google’s patent is nonsense. It includes just about everything one can do with a networked OS since the 1980s, so it’s more than a little broad. I think it’s aimed at the VDI stuff in general and Chrome OS in particular but who knows what M$ thinks their OS does? Wouldn’t it be cool though if Google could receive an injunction to block M$’s whole empire? Is Mutual Assured Destruction now keyed up?
- Robert Pogson
Published by Robert Pogson September 4th, 2012
in technology.
Well, the whole city of Sunnyvale (pop. 140K) does a lot with GNU/Linux, apparently. They are mostly Google (employees: 54K) and use Goobuntu or some variant of Ubuntu GNU/Linux. “Bushnell was asked why Ubuntu instead of say Fedora or openSUSE? He replied, “We chose Debian because packages and apt [Debian's basic software package programs] are light-years ahead of RPM (Red Hat and SUSE’s default package management system.]” And, why Ubuntu over the other Debian-based Linux distributions? “Because it’s release cadence is awesome and Canonical [Ubuntu's parent company] offers good support.””If one of the largest corporations on the planet can use GNU/Linux widely, so can you. QED
I recommend Debian GNU/Linux for all the above reasons except cadence. Debian releases Debian GNU/Linux when it’s ready.
- Robert Pogson
Published by Robert Pogson September 4th, 2012
in technology.
No matter how much loyalists tout the essential nature of desktop PCs, consumers are buying tablets in place of them. My local Walmart had not a single desktop PC set up when I last visited. It was all notebooks, tablets and smart phones…
“Looking back over the six months from January to July, and to the equivalent six-month periods in the previous five years, the contraction in sales of desktop tower PCs is very evident.”
see Tablets keep UK IT's head above water • Reg Hardware.
- Robert Pogson
Published by Robert Pogson September 4th, 2012
in technology.
There is huge emphasis on cloud-computing in China as it is a good answer to a weak IT infrastructure and thinly spread IT skills. Concentrating IT skills in cloud-computing centres makes a lot of sense. China Daily published data showing spending on cloud computing nearly doubling every year and estimated to amount to $60 billion this year.
“The Chinese government sees cloud computing as an infrastructure, which is quite different from Western countries, which have been focused on efficiency and cost reduction”
The result is spending in China on par with USA on cloud-computing. Just as Kenya is skipping wired networks and leaping into the wireless world, China is skipping the thick client paradigm and leaping into the world of cloud computing. It’s all good and helps them get better IT sooner and at lower cost.
see Cloud pleaser|Business|chinadaily.com.cn.
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