Chrome OS To Support "Legacy" PC Apps Through Remote Access

adeelarshad82 writes "According to a message posted to a public mailing list dedicated to Chrome OS, a new feature is in the works that will grant users access to 'legacy PC applications' through some kind of remote desktop connection process. Google software engineer Gary Kamark, who first spilled the beans on the feature, calls the process 'Chromoting.' The current speculation amongst Chrome enthusiasts is that the Chromoting process is more akin to a VPN/sharing functionality than anything else. In that case, one would have to leave one's Windows-based desktop or laptop system on in order to access apps via a connected Chrome OS computer — which is hardly a technological leap given that numerous applications today offer users an analogous screen-sharing / remote access functionality."

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Put another way

[Anonymous Coward]

"Chrome OS puts in Legacy Security Flaws"

news at eleven

[crunzh]

Oh, they intend to implement remote control of another computer functionality. Whats the news in this, you can even do this on a iphone!

Re:news at eleven

[ronocdh]

I think the idea here is to provide attractive functionality at a disguised cost. Once Apple switched over to Intel processors, anyone could run Windows on their Macs. But hardly anyone did, because who wants to reboot so often?

This will be touted the same way: "Keep your Windows apps!" But in the end, everyone will wind up using Google Docs, Gmail, etc. And that's just how Google wants it.

Re:news at eleven

[Rogerborg]

you can even do this on a iphone!

Or 10 years ago on an iPaq. Or 23 years ago on an NCD. And I'll bet someone will be out in a moment to tell me to get off their lawn and come up with an earlier example.

Bored with all the Google hype

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm getting really bored with all the hype flowing from Google lately. What with Chrome OS and Google TV, there seems to be an awful lot of fuss being made over what in both cases is essentially vaporware. Anyone having tried the latest Chromium OS builds (the code base from which Chrome OS will be built) will see that this project has a very long way to go before it is anything like usable.

FreeNX

[CdBee]

I suspect this is another outing for Google's NeatX FreeNX Server

If they make it go through their authentication systems instead of publishing an external IP address that could be a lot safer - ie, as long as the computer's properly protected and access is limited to the appropriate IP range it shouldnt pose any greater risk than running a legacy app on a computer you're sitting at