# eyeOS. The epitome of Web 2.X and where technology is headed.

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**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eyeos-the-epitome-of-web-2-x-and-where-technology-is-headed/199391/6 "2008-09-04T08:04:54Z")

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> [@Goodbye Subaru, Hello BMW slight\_smile](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-subaru-hello-bmw/37621/65):
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> You guys have to check this out. I’m surprised a big namer hasn’t already done this. We all know it’s pretty evident that things are gearing towards cloud computing, and the like, and this is just another stepping stone in that journey.
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> Complete browser based OS. Accessible anywhere with web access.
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> Thoughts? Discussions? If, or should I say when Google releases an OS, it will probably be a highly polished variant of this concept.
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> Read up about it here: [eyeos.org](http://eyeos.org/en/?section=home)
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> Try it now: [http://demo.eyeos.org/](http://demo.eyeos.org/)

This might be the biggest buzz word post I have ever seen on this forum! 🙂 Cloud computing is nothing new, it is not something we will work towards either. It is simply an evolution of systems. The mainframe could be considered the first “cloud computing” environment. It rose and fell when user variables changed. In the 90’s they brought it back and called it grid computing. Same cycle… Its like a teeter totter. Server technology will be on top and we get clouds, users will increase demand and then the user will be on top and clouds disappear.

> [@FS/FT: 02 Civic SI with JDM K20A Type R conversion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ft-02-civic-si-with-jdm-k20a-type-r-conversion/37557/27):
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> defense dept. actually, just about anything where sensitive data could be lost, so CC/banking, medical. If nothing is stored on the computer itself, and the physical machine is lost, the machine is useless.

Nothing being stored on the computer is nice, but you run into new concerns. 1st being all your eggs are in one basket. If the server farm takes a hit, you are impacting all users. Security breaches are your worse nightmare, now everyones data is in a nice central location. You still have to worry about the transmit to the thin/thick client.

Like sonny said, this concept is nothing new. It has it’s PRO’s and definitely CON’s.

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