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Microsoft is planning a cloud-computing version of its operating system
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday revealed the first details of a new Windows operating system that is being called "Windows Cloud" for now. Speaking in London yesterday, Ballmer said that the OS will be aimed at developers writing cloud-computing applications, InfoWorld reports (http://snurl.com/40kf5).
Cloud computing is a term used to describe an environment in which applications are made available through a browser and the actual processing of data is done on remote servers over the Internet.
Google is one of the companies that has already embraced this form of computing with its Google Docs, GMail, Google Calendar and similar online applications.
Although Ballmer didn’t give out a lot of details, he did say that Windows Cloud would be separate from Windows 7, the operating system Microsoft is developing to succeed Windows Vista.
One thing that Ballmer did say was that Microsoft does not expect to move its Office productivity suite online and remove it from the desktop. But the company does envision a "lite" version that will allow users to edit Word documents and the like from any Internet-connected PC.
