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Darth Tigris said:
kitler53 said:

i'm not saying i like this google idea but they do have a point.  drivers, software updates, antivirus, malware, file formats and compatibility issues, blah blah blah.  pcs are a lot of work to maintain.  

i don't know shit about my car and that's the way i like it.  i've got way too much to do to learn all about whatever is under the hood. pcs are more up my alley but i wish it wasn't so much work.  frankly most people have even less knowledge and tolerance than me.

no doubt MS will be making it's way into more cloud based service as well.  i know there are risks and all and i'm sure there need to be a few consumer rights protection laws to be put into place but overall i'm pretty open to the idea.

Windows 8 will likely be quite the game changer.  Not saying its going to be hugely successful, but the integration of desktop/tablet (W8), cloud (WL), Xbox (XBL) and smartphone (WP8) will be hugely ambitious and exciting.

Ultimately, though, the question that needs to be considered by businesses and consumers alike is "Who do I trust more with my information in the cloud, Google or Microsoft?"

honestly - i'd trust either.  hell, i'm already making use of steam/psn/amazon cloud services to a certain extent.

i mean, i guess i just don't get the fear behind peoples mistrust of google/facebook/clouds.  google gives me email.  i've had it for around ten years now.  before that i had hotmail.  either way i got ads but with gmail i get ads for things i like (video games) and not for things i don't like (tampons).  i'm not exactly tembleing in fear at the lack of tampon ads i no longer get.

i do think governments need to get involved to ensure proper consumer rights but that is regardless of the company.  but cloud service ... well being able to go anywhere in the world (with internet) and access my music collection on amazon is really really nice.