Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 14th Nov 2007 09:57 UTC, submitted by Rahul
Here's a tour of the pre-alpha demo release of GNOME Online Desktop included in Fedora 8. Learn more about what it does and how you can get involved in the project, writes Havoc Pennington.
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Well I've said this before, but the online desktop wiki leaves a bad impression right from the start. The second paragraph starts with "Microsoft will move too slowly.". The fact that they felt the need to put down competitor's efforts before they even present their own ideas tells me they are not confident in the value of their offering.
I think the integration with web services and web apps is a good thing, but everyone has been going in that direction for a long time. I don't really see what this brings to the table, aside from the sidebar, which I'd disable anyway.
Also the fact that you need a gnome account makes it a non-starter for me. Right now it's free (and perhaps even ad-free, I haven't checked), but servers aren't free, and eventually someone is going to have to pay for the cost of maintaining them. So either they put up ads (which I'm not willing to tolerate) or they charge users for access (which will drive most users away) or they pay for it themselves. I don't like the feeling of depending on something paid for by other people. If that money dries up you're SOL.