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Originally Posted by Havok

Cloud computing will be next. I've seen a lot of companies putting some of their stuff online. Google new OS deals with this, in that you get a basic shell of an OS, but all the stuff like word, excel, photos, etc. are done online through their Googledocs and other various software. Basically everything is kept online, and makes it easier to access it from any location that has access to the internet. Even Microsoft is talking about putting their Word package online. And I've even heard of gaming companies have it to where you connect to their server, and any game that you want (for a fee) on their server. So instead of having it stored locally its stored on a server and you access that server to play. However, in the USA the internet structure is pretty crappy and would have to be redone in order to get the speeds needed for this to be better than having the game stored locally.

Indeed. This and HPCC are my specialities. Specifically in the Linux realm.