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On Thu, 12 May 2011 11:51:58 +0100 Roland Tarver wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On 12/05/11 08:41, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kind-of-computer-chromebook.html > >> > >> What do folks think about this? (or are you trying not too ;-) ). > >> > >> Perhaps consider this from your perspective and that of a non-geek? > > > > Not off topic if it runs Free Software, and even in this case > > GNU/Linux. > > I was not *absolutely* sure it did. Hence OT. > > > I think any attempt to: > > ÂBreak the monopoly > > ÂMake life easier > > > > Is to be welcomed. > > Agreed. Seconded... or is that thirded by now? > > It'll certainly be on my list next time my sister says "I want a > > computer, I want to do online banking and I'm considering Microsoft > > Windows...." (she got a Mac Mini last time she said something list > > this and it is still working fine). > > I know quite a few folks (my mum! would be a prime candidate) that it > could be very handy for. > > It all sounds lovely, but - everything in "the cloud" :-s ??? Really? > Although I have no evidence or experience to prove it (except the > recent amazon outage) I just don't have a good gut "feeling" about all > my data (or mums, etc) in "the cloud"? Do you? Do others? > > Best wishes > roly :-) I try and work "in the cloud" as much as possible, although that is mainly because I am forgetful, so keeping my documents on a portable storage device would not really help me. Having said that, I have found a fair number of formatting things that just don't work with Google Docs yet, so I tend to use Libre/OpenOffice, upload the .od? file to Google Docs (and unticking the box that says "convert to Google Docs format document) and download it again at the other end... I am currently looking for a good tool that allows me to access Google Docs without having to mess around with their web interface. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq