The Future Might Be BIOS and Browsers

An anonymous reader writes "Few in the open source community have welcomed online applications like Google Docs with open arms, but Keir Thomas claims he's found a way forward — and it's one that involves exclusively open source. He reckons BIOS-based operating systems are the future, because they will alter the way users think about their computers. FTA: 'The key breakthrough is ideological: BIOS-based operating systems demote the operating system to just another function of the hardware. It breaks the old mindset of the operating system being a distinct platform, or an end in itself. The operating system becomes part of the overall computing appliance. This allows the spotlight to focus on online applications.'"

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[oldhack]

Future might be me winning lottery, and retiring with lots hookers and blackjack.

Re:Online is the coms, not the content.

[pentalive]

Yay! Yay!

Please mod this important point up. (I have mod points but I have already posted in this thread)

Do *not* trust someone else to have the only copy of any data you hold dear!