Comments on: Windows Azure and Google Chrome: the Future of Cloud Computing http://gadgetcrave.com/windows-azure-and-google-chrome-the-future-of-the-cloud/1039/ The Coolest Gadgets & Technology Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thethinktank http://gadgetcrave.com/windows-azure-and-google-chrome-the-future-of-the-cloud/1039/comment-page-1/#comment-132 thethinktank Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:21:10 +0000 http://gadgetcrave.com/?p=1039#comment-132 Perhaps it wasn't explained quite clearly: "Like Google’s Chrome OS and its potential in cloud computing, Windows Azure could run off a light OS, basically an extension of Internet Explorer using web-based apps for common desktop software." The supposition here is that Microsoft would, as they've historically operated, provide a client OS required for their Azure system. The client OS operating on Azure would compete with Chrome, and I have a hard time seeing Microsoft offering anything remotely similar to an open environment. While I explained it quite clumsily above, the suggestion is that Microsoft will try to compete with Chrome OS for the client OS operating on its' cloud. So you have Windows Azure, but does anyone NOT expect them to provide/suggest/require some sort of OS for users? This is why Chrome might compete directly with Microsoft's plans for cloud computing in the future, albeit that each company is taking separate approaches. Perhaps it wasn't explained quite clearly:
"Like Google’s Chrome OS and its potential in cloud computing, Windows Azure could run off a light OS, basically an extension of Internet Explorer using web-based apps for common desktop software."

The supposition here is that Microsoft would, as they've historically operated, provide a client OS required for their Azure system. The client OS operating on Azure would compete with Chrome, and I have a hard time seeing Microsoft offering anything remotely similar to an open environment. While I explained it quite clumsily above, the suggestion is that Microsoft will try to compete with Chrome OS for the client OS operating on its' cloud. So you have Windows Azure, but does anyone NOT expect them to provide/suggest/require some sort of OS for users? This is why Chrome might compete directly with Microsoft's plans for cloud computing in the future, albeit that each company is taking separate approaches.

]]> By: lbaltimore http://gadgetcrave.com/windows-azure-and-google-chrome-the-future-of-the-cloud/1039/comment-page-1/#comment-131 lbaltimore Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:33:09 +0000 http://gadgetcrave.com/?p=1039#comment-131 Poor article. Windows Azure and Google Chrome OS don't compete against each other at all, and any attempt at saying they do so is a massive stretch - applications running on the Azure service can run in Google Chrome OS, and Microsoft's push towards the web will only drive adoption of web applications and make Google's suite look more legitimate as they now compete on equal footing. A valid, direct comparison would be Windows Azure versus Google App Engine. Poor article. Windows Azure and Google Chrome OS don't compete against each other at all, and any attempt at saying they do so is a massive stretch – applications running on the Azure service can run in Google Chrome OS, and Microsoft's push towards the web will only drive adoption of web applications and make Google's suite look more legitimate as they now compete on equal footing.

A valid, direct comparison would be Windows Azure versus Google App Engine.

]]> By: ign http://gadgetcrave.com/windows-azure-and-google-chrome-the-future-of-the-cloud/1039/comment-page-1/#comment-127 ign Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:17:04 +0000 http://gadgetcrave.com/?p=1039#comment-127 How can you even compare the two? Azure apps will run just fine on Google Chrome (or IE or Firefox or Safari). You do realize that Azure is a strictly Microsoft hosted server and Google Chrome OS is a client software? How can you even compare the two? Azure apps will run just fine on Google Chrome (or IE or Firefox or Safari). You do realize that Azure is a strictly Microsoft hosted server and Google Chrome OS is a client software?

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