A recent report that Microsoft is preparing a new operating system that would move applications and data from our desktops to the Internet quickly drew the ire of many PC World readers. The idea of relinquishing control of one’s apps and data to a server farm owned by a large company like Microsoft or Google — a concept called “cloud computing” — seems to have hit a nerve.
Cloud Computing: Is Midori Sour or Sweet?
August 7, 2008