Why Web OS won’t work.
Posted on May 17th, 2007 in Links |
Why web operating system won’t work? It’s about operating system on the web, not webOS that is built from web services but a webOS that is like Windows, Linux or Mac OS.
- One gadget for all (The death of PC)
This might sound as if it’s a good thing, but think about it, one gadget only, they may call this a Browser Computer or BC. Why one gadget? Imagine this… A 32 inch BC would be the same as your 32 inch TV, a 17 inch BC is your 17 inch PC or laptop, a 5 inch BC is 5 inch mobile, your video ipod would also be a BC Media Edition, wii/xbox/ps would be a BC Gamer’s Edition and the list goes on.
Currently, having many gadgets make you a cool guy. One gadget with different sizes means it’s easier for China to create a duplicate and many people can afford to buy, which also means that people can no longer boast that they have many BC. - One Place, One Hack
In webOS world hackers only need to hack the server of the webOS, and successfully hacking it means hacking a lots of accounts. And hacking lots of accounts is like having access to a lot of computers. This opens the possibility of hackers stealing important information about a certain person, it might be credit card information, personal information, etc. - Web pages = Speed of light
Many people can wait for 3 minutes of loading a desktop application but can they wait for a 30 seconds web page to load? NO!!! Thirty seconds is less than a minute, but imagine playing a game of 600MB where your internet speed is 16MBps. This will take a minimum of 37.5 seconds, that is, if the game server is giving 16MBps per person. Doing this would be a suicide for the gaming company. If a game has 500,000 users then they must have around 8TB of upload speed and Blizzard. The creator or World of Warcraft must has at least 3PB of upload speed. - Disconnected Application
Some programs are not created for the web, programs like calculator, multimedia programs, developers tools, etc. If you’re a developer working on a program and your program is experiencing a major bug , is it fun to code then debug, then download, then run your program repeatedly? What if your working on a multimedia project, will you render, then download, then render again and download again?












