"...In short, Google's approach to cloud computing is revolutionary, while Microsoft's is evolutionary. Live Mesh appeals to the status quo, which should make it the easier sell. And yet Google's momentum is undeniable.
For now, customers are free to decide which model better suits their individual workflows and requirements. Independent developers, on the other hand, face a more difficult choice. Do they follow Google's lead down the road of "pure" cloud computing, where both documents and applications exist solely in the cloud? Or do they take a cue from Microsoft and push data into the cloud, while still relying on traditional desktop applications to create and manage the data?..."
Battle in the cloud: Microsoft vs. Google
Microsoft, with Live Mesh, may be following Google's lead in cloud computing, but when it comes to implementation, the two could not be more different, both technically and philosophically. But it's Google's model that represents the radical departure.
"In it, the cloud is the computer, from alpha to omega. Because there are no disks or volumes for the user to maintain, there is no need for the artificial concept of "files" or a file system to store them in. Persistent storage is reduced to an abstract concept: All that exist are applications and their associated documents," Neil McAllister explains in this week's installment of Fatal Exception.
No wonder Google makes Microsoft antsy, McAllister adds.
Posted by Tom Sullivan on July 24, 2008 08:13 AM
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