G.ho.st Social OS
Social Operating Systems are founded on the belief that traditional OS (Windows/Mac/Linux), and all the applications that live inside those boundaries, are obsolete.
Global Hosted Operating System, or ‘G.ho.st‘ (nice), is evidence of that shift and the next step in moving all app’s and files from physical machines to the Internet. Essentially Web-hosted desktops / laptops (including all your data, personal settings, files and app’s etc.), that can be accessed by any client device, via any Web browser.
G.ho.st doesn’t require software upgrades and is always backed up, but its killer selling point is really the mobility and ‘device-independence’ it offers users - it’s like hot-desking the whole wide world.
I’ve been long reading about Social OS - G.ho.st is the first example I’ve seen live. And although it’s only currently in public “alpha” and a bit buggy, the VC is apparently stable and usable (don’t get too excited, it doesn’t yet have a complete set of applications, services or widgets, but I guess they won’t be far away).
Of course Microsoft, Google, Mozilla and the like are all fiercely competing to provide your Web OS, online app’s, documents and storage facilities just as soon as they can. G.ho.st may be the first up, but as it (or some evil robot master race that has no concept of the phrase everyone) says, soon there’ll really be a free Virtual Computer for every human being.
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