Today I read about Google’s collaboration with Sun with some foggy details about their intention to put out a free version of Office that would reside on the internet, not on your PC. Sounds like a good idea to me if you have a big enough internet pipe going into your house or business.
I applaud Google’s efforts to drive Microsoft crazy any chance they get. I love it, in fact. Microsoft has abused their market dominance for way way too long. It is high time that they got a wake up call.
The concept of remote software has always held some fascination for me actually. I like the idea of the software owner keeping my code up to date automatically and fixing any flaws that might occur because of my own stupidity or because of some asshole virus hacker (There should be a special place in hell for these people).
Truth is, I had that same idea over a year ago, in the very first issue of this blog. My concept was for a revolutionary computer that never suffers from virus problems and never needs a software fix by the user. Imagine a simple computer that automatically logs into the Google mother ship during the night and gets a diagnostic fix for ALL the software on the hard disk. The only thing that would presumably never need fixing is the small kernel of ROM code that directs the diagnostic procedure. Any problem detected would prompt a rewrite of the operating system or the word processor, or whatever software you subscribed to.
This kind of basic computer may not be suitable for everyone, but for the vast majority of home users it would be a dream come true. Every morning you have a perfect system that runs fast, no spyware, no crippling incompatibilities, all your documents backed up in a secure place online.
If Google could ever pull this off, I would be at the front of the line to sign up.
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