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Stallman Worried About Chrome OS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fear-the-cloud dept.

dkd903 noted that Stallman is speaking out about the risks of Chrome OS and giving up all your local data into the cloud, pushing people into "Careless Computing." Which is a much more urgent concern than something like calling it GNU/Chrome OS.

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  1. Proprietary Software by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anyone who reads and understands the free software definition can see that web applications and "cloud computing" fail to meet the definition. The users are not free to modify or study the applications, and lacking access to the actual program files, they certainly cannot redistribute the applications to others...

    So why would anyone be surprised the RMS takes issue with an OS that is designed to be cloud-centric?

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  2. Times have changed ... sort of by sensei+moreh · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I started using personal computers back in 1981 because I wanted to be able to run my software whenever I wanted, and not be dependent on the (university's) mainframe system being up. Today, I can't imagine using the cloud for anything other than as a backup, and then only with strong encryption.

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  3. Imagine a cloud by unity100 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    which exists with its own life, totally independent. imagine that, this cloud is created by millions, maybe hundreds of millions of people running p2p based clients on their devices. imagine that this cloud uses the collective computing power of these hundreds of millions of people, and with top encryption.

    it cant be controlled. it cant be killed. it cant be censored. it cant be outdone. its everywhere.

    that is the kind of cloud i would be willing to move into, without hesitation.

    something after the format that bitcoin project uses http://www.bitcoin.org/ ( i know this is the second time i linked this, but im enthusiastic )

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