Despite recent layoffs and the shuttering of unrelated businesses, Google remains as ambitious as ever to replace Microsoft as the most valuable technology company and become the 21st century’s version of Standard Oil.
The Google Drive, or “GDrive”, could kill off the desktop computer, which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user’s personal files and operating system could be stored on Google’s own servers and accessed via the internet.
But while Google has surely helped push the envelope with cloud computing (Lord knows running a startup is easier today than a mere five years ago due to easier online collaborative tools), sometimes I think we’re all drinking too much kool-aid bong water if we think the desktop will die anytime soon… I mean, Google, can you please make sure that our files are always available in Google Docs first and that I can log into to Gmail all the time? Thanks!
After all, Google has proven to have an Achilles Heel, too: a few years ago it was buying companies like Dodgeball and passing it off as pieces of the puzzle of a grand unifying theory… then a short time later, it was something that was not even worth the $50,000 in annual costs to maintain.
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