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Definition of OS (from answers.com): Computer program that allows users to enter and run their software packages. The operating system allows the machine to recognize and carry out the accountant’s command. Further, there are built-in routines permitting the user’s software to conduct input-output operations without specifying the exact hardware configuration. The operating system normally consists of the job control program, the input/output control system, and the processing program. If a computer operates under one system, it cannot use programs designated for a different operating system.

1. Run software package
- Cloudo does this, sort of… there more like widgets though if anything. Not much use.

2. Allows machine to recognize accountants command
-Cloudo does this.

3. If a computer operates under one system. It cannot use programs designated for another OS
- With the web being so open I think this is a gray area.

So based off of these standards (I know its limited but lets go with it) Cloudo could be considered an Operating System, with the browser being the hardware (theoretically).

Though if we base it off that argument, iGoogle could be considered an online Operating System. It interacts with the browser, you can build apps and deploy them (some of them with a lot more functionality).

So should there be a seperate definition of web OS?

It would be an interesting topic to research and to make comparisons across multiple self-declared online operating systems (cloud OS) and what makes them such.

We should defiantly continue this conversation, send me an e-mail and we should work on this. Lots of questions here that need to be explored.

While Cloudo is cool I think that an OS should be more than glorified online storage.

The very first Cloud OS I used a couple years ago was unique in that it has an actuall desktop that booted off of the Internet. There was a limited OS on the computer just enough to get it up and running and hooked up to the internet and then all of your files and programs were installed to the internet.

The thing I really hated about that was just how painfully slow everything was. We had a 10 MB connection and it still took forever for it to do things. That is one of the reasons I do like Cloudo is that everything is fast.

Between your blog and mine maybe we can give some more deffinition to what exactly Clouds OS’s should be.

I do think there needs to be more clarification and right now I believe that Cloudo is simply a gui application on the internet that resembles an OS. I actually said in my blog (just click on my name to go to the article) that it looks like a glorified online file storage.

I think this is especially proven with Cloudo because of the way you can switch themes to mimick xp, linux distros and Mac. It definetly isn’t an OS ported to the web in my opinion. The browser is taking care of that.

The Cloud OS’s out there need a true developer environment and need to show that they can build applications comparable to a true hardware installed OS before they get anywhere.

In your oppinion what are better Cloud OS’s?

I had a very iffy experience with it, lots of errors and bugs. Also I do not believe it is completely coded in javascript and the like. Right clicking would sometimes provide with the typical adobe flash menu.

They have a lot of work in a head of them and I think gOS cloud doesn’t even compare, it is quite superior in terms of usability as far as I can tell.