Darth Tigris said:
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.