Google is a name that brings one thing to mind: web searching. Google has developed a reputation as the best search engine there is. But the fact is, Google is going to grow to be a thorn in the side of Microsoft, if not a true rival.
Google's moving towards making everything web-based. Right now, Google provides not only web browsing, but mail (with 10 times the memory of every other web-based email service before them), photo hosting, blogs (yup, blogger is powered by Google). Now there is talk about GBrowser, a Google powered web browser.
"So what?" you ask. Well, everything Google does seems to be based on having all of the necessary memory on the server side (that is, owned by Google). They tell you to keep all you mail saved on their servers, and never to have to delete it. They hold your pictures. They store and display your personal writings. Why is their search the most effective? No one knows their exactly algorithm, but it takes a lot of memory on their side. Now what happens when Google can give you 30 gigs of memory. Instead of purchasing a new computer, purchase a new webstation, with a processor and a connection to the internet. Google holds all your documents, and provides all the programs you need. You computer would need only RAM, no hard drive. And while the idea of having all your documents stored on the web somewhere may seem a bit scary/uncomfortable at first, it would be no different than the H: that a lot of us at UNC grew to rely on.
I guess that I was just shocked to think of Google this way. Two new ventures for Google:
- Loading Library Books onto the web, to make them searchable.
- A Desktop Search that uses Google's search algorithm to find things on your computer and Library Books.
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