Chromebook Email Program
I am new to Chromebook, but so far it has done everything I need to do while having my morning coffee.. (ie check certain web pages, Facebook, etc..) I have yet to find a good email app that is easy ...
Forum Discussion
fj12ryder wrote:
Maybe we need a definition of "phobia": an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. I don't think we are talking phobia when the dislike is totally rational.
You are right in that shifting where computer applications are run back to a remote computer seems like the old way. But there is only one similarity between today's "cloud" computing and the old mainframe/dumb terminal model and that is the telecommunications connection between both ends of the model.
Chromebooks (the subject of this thread) are a better example of the old dumb terminals than PCs because they are based on the cloud computing concept and can perform most user functions without apps running on the terminal although they do have that capability.
Cloud computing on the other hand is orders of magnitude different from the old mainframe computers in terms of computing power, redundancy, backup, security (in spite of common belief), etc.
I went to work for a computer company in 1960 when the first generation electronic computers had vacuum tubes and I have lived through all the technology changes to where we are today. It has certainly been an interesting ride.
So yes, I believe the definition of "phobia" applies to fear of the cloud and I don't think "dislike is totally rational". Of course, we are all welcome to believe whatever we choose.
