Originally posted by dstaubsauger
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I work for an outfit that is heavily into the "MS" crap, and I'll tell you that add the OS, add the "outlook" (email, calendar, etc. service), add the rest of the proprietary crap that MS sells... it is a total lock-in to MS's online spy services and MUCH more insidious than the google offerings.
For one thing, even local network login and access controls are managed by MS, and integrated into MS's online elements. To me that really seems like an unacceptable security hole, basically, they are giving MS the ability to capture EVERYONE's usernames and passwords, and giving them free reign over the private internal network.
There is nothing that Google COULD do to exceed that level of compromise.
Which means that what this side of Google's business boils down to, is really just offering competition. They can't try to suggest an alternative type of service model, because the people stupid enough to trust MS to begin with are totally sold on this really bad idea. So they might as well capitalize on it.
The problem is that "cloud" and "software as a service" are current buzzwords that all of the management RETARDS have been completely sold on. Unfortunately, its going to remain a management buzzword that they all aspire to until the degree of hacking against this type of service REALLY gets bad and these services become completely unreliable.
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