Web desktops are back again! It seems it's been a long time since I last saw one. This topic always generates a big debate whether a cloud os is the future or not. In my opinion, the idea of running a universally accepted "computer" accessible from anywhere and any device is actually really powerful and centralizing all our internet lifes in one place so we can control our data is huge.<p>EDIT: I've been playing around with horbito for a while and it's pretty badass, it works quite fast and integrates really well with Microsoft Office, kudos for the team
These guys are amazing, I met with them a couple of years ago at MIT while they were going through GFSA and showed me an early prototype of horbito, weren't you called Inevio back then?
This feels like it has potential. Can someone give me a specific use-case where this should shine?<p>The major worry I have is that it will turn out like the Citrix system at my university. It's hard to give all the reasons why Citrix is annoying, but the top three are: 1. speed (horbito seems fast though), 2. awkward feeling of two operating systems, 3. pesky, unanticipated clunkiness when saving and retrieving data.<p>I'm not knocking this, just curious.