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I use a local search for my desk and Google on the net. Well, with Google desk I can use the same search engine. I use Office programs on my local data and Google Docs (or even better in my opinion is Zoho.com) for the same type of documents on the net or in the “cloud” that it is called these days. An OS (operating system) is very local and only helps me with things local on he computer. The modern web browser is very capable and can work both locally and on the net. I would prefer that the browser is my interface both locally and on the net. If I have a folder it is not so important if it is local or on a server or both. I just want to find it easy with the same browser and the same search engine. Of course I have to set up if I want to force it to be local or in the “cloud” but after that I don’t care. I just want to use my data. There may be many reasons for why I would like to have it here or there. Today I have to remember if the document is on Google Docs, or Zoho.com or stored locally and use the web browser on the net and Office programs for local office data and so on. Let’s use the same browser and the same search engine even locally. In the next step let the web browser organize and start applications as well as understand file types etc. The the applications can of course also be located locally or in the “cloud”.
Just one step further, let the CPU be local, in the “cloud” or both. Now we are really talking cloud computing!
