Has the WebOS Finally Arrived?

SphereOfInfluence writes "Dion Hinchcliffe over on ZDNet declared in a new post that the Web OS has finally arrived and that businesses and IT departments must adjust to the fact that everything's starting to move to the cloud. He cites John Hagel's so-called big business shifts of the 21st century and claims cloud computing, crowdsourcing, open APIs, Software-as-a-Service are the future of the workplace. He goes on to present a compelling visual model of the Web OS circa 2009 and examples to back up some of the statements."

Wait a minute.

[girlintraining]

Weren't we supposed to be all using thin clients right now in our flying cars, sucking the fat electrons straight from the coax at gigabit speeds by now? Now comes the latest proclaimation: We're going Carebears mode. Everyone into the clouds! Tenderheart's not going to be happy about this. I sense a big carebear stare coming for the Cloud-Mongers.

huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

somebody has been smoking too much weed.

ZzzS are the slippery slope for webBS adoption

[xigxag]

Assimilating all of that Web 3.0 content led me to strategically develop a fully horizontal organizational orientation. I immediately shifted paradigms and commenced "cloud computing" for about 15 minutes, dynamically visualizing an innovative brave new world.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I feel a rapid fluctuation in my supply chain.

Re:Wait a minute.

[Philip K Dickhead]

Get Your Neuromancer On!

Maximum dystopian computing panopticon nightmare event horizon now imminent.

Please do nothing. We already know who you are and what you are doing. Should your innocence be established, the department will notify your surviving beneficiaries.

Re:Wait a minute.

[Hognoxious]

It's just another person predicting a paradigm shift that just won't happen due to inertia and unperceived limitations.

We just need to use a mashup of service enabled architectures to provide a seamlessly semantic experience.

If that doesn't work, then depolarize the bogotronic flux.

Re:Wait a minute.

[Atrox666]

..and it will all be linux on the desktop and will come with a free copy of Duke Nukem forever.

Re:Backend mining

[Sebilrazen]

I think I'm a frustrated crook or security consultant.

No, you're just fat lazy virgin slashdot poster.

No, they've posted before, click their username.

Reverse the Polarity

[furbearntrout]

If that doesn't work try running it through the main deflector array.

Re:Meanwhile

[Ozlanthos]

Hey now, my copy of Unreal Tournament 2k4 runs AWESOME on Ubuntu! If it were not for the fact that Stalker (SOC and CS...but could we hope for a Linux-release of Call of Pripyat?...not likely) won't run on Linux, I would never use a Windows variant again.

-Oz

Re:USAPATRIOT Act? Who sez I'm Ameriken?

[Anonymous Coward]

Unless you run a Mac. Then Steve Jobs has unfettered access to your family jewels.

Re:Flashing lights and the death of crap IT

[petermgreen]

their POS controller server
Can you clarify whether you meant "point of sale", "peice of shit" or both?

Re:Wait a minute.

[turbidostato]

"would have been great, except for the incorrect spelling of synergy."

So what? I never write down "synergy": it's a yellow star with some chrome rays coming out of it on a shiny most convincing powerpoint presentation.

Now, you are not being a team guy and clearly lack the vision needed to push forward for best market opportunities. No wonder you are a minion instead of a buzzword-compliant pointy haired boss like me.