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Recently, the debate about cloud computing has warmed up again, making the definition of cloud computing so diverse that it makes people walk like a cloud.

Google's view is that cloud computing will severely weaken terminal performance, and Microsoft's business model will face severe challenges.

Intel believes that, in the cloud computing era, many application patterns will migrate to digital management, but do not believe that cloud computing will lead to the performance of the terminal is weakened, in contrast with the continuous expansion of Internet applications, terminal performance is increasing, the importance of terminals will not weaken, on the contrary will be more prominent.

Microsoft's view puts forward the concept of "cloud-end computing", that is, "cloud" and the terminal will have a strong computational power.

It is easy to see from here the business models and interests of emerging internet companies and traditional companies. So whose point of view is closer to objectivity?

According to my understanding, the so-called cloud is nothing more than the current IDC (data center) of the replica, but it is larger than the current data center. The most important component of this datacenter is servers, storage, and the corresponding operating systems (such as Windows or Linux) and applications (such as Google Apps, etc.). As you can see from here, even in the center of the cloud, which includes the hardware, the operating system, and the application, the next step is that as the user's demand for Yu Yun grows, so does the end of the cloud that needs to be upgraded--hardware innovation, upgrades, and stronger performance, Software also requires a change of operating system and application software. Here, Intel and Microsoft's so-called end is not to be weakened or replaced, on the contrary, if the cloud is getting bigger, the scale of the cloud will expand correspondingly, and it can be said to be linear, so from this point of view, even if Google emphasizes the importance of the cloud, it will inevitably lead to an escalation of the end, Here, I think, in the cloud computing era, as a provider of cloud computing (such as Google), if left, this cloud is really illusory, is a castle in the sky.

If Google is the provider of cloud computing and cannot leave the end, users of cloud computing will be more dependent. These are the PCs we use, MID (mobile internet access devices), smartphones, and operating systems and applications running inside. With the increasing application of cloud computing and the enhancement of the function, requirements for client-side devices and software will also be improved, specifically to the terminal of Microsoft is the continuous introduction of new operating systems and applications, and Intel is through the innovation of the processor platform to ensure that the terminal equipment to meet the cloud provider (such as Google) to provide applications. In fact, Google apps Google to see that the actual action is not as it to the outside world, think that the end is not important, contrary to prove that Google not only to control the cloud, but also to control a part of the end (such as application software). Of course, Microsoft, which is a strong client, is also keen to get into the cloud, so Microsoft has invested billions of of dollars in data center construction in recent years and has begun to offer corporate customers the option of running e-mail, collaborating and selling apps for them in the data center, These applications are provided to customers through the Web as a monthly subscription service. In addition, Microsoft plans to provide customers with two options, namely, the traditional licensing mode and order service mode, so that customers choose their own. By contrast, competitors, including Salesforce.com and Google, offer only a subscription service model to customers.

In the era of cloud computing, if you want to compare the relationship between the cloud and the end, then there is the end of the cloud, but there is not necessarily a cloud in the end. The implication is that the end can still be applied (for example, based on native Microsoft Office applications), based on the internet-provided cloud (including end-to-end applications, such as Google Apps). But cloud and end unification is the complete cloud computing, it is not difficult to explain why Google to enter the traditional Microsoft's good software domain (that is, the end), and Microsoft has access to Google's dominant data center (that is, the cloud), the two are mutual infiltration and competition. Talk about competition, from the difficulty of entry, as cloud computing cloud, more is the construction of data center, in view of the current hardware standardization, I believe that Microsoft is easy to catch up with Google, in contrast, Google to the traditional software (such as Microsoft Office competition Google Apps is much harder to compete with Microsoft. According to statistics, Google launched Google Apps because of the single function and the use of the custom, not by the enterprise-class users, users are more willing to run the local (end) powerful office, but Microsoft in order to adapt to the different needs of some users and block Google's attack, also provides the online order service mode, and achieved good results.

Based on the above analysis, I think, cloud computing era, Microsoft's cloud-end concept is more relevant to the nature of cloud computing applications. It is not objective, at least, to ignore the cloud's application, in comparison to Google's overemphasis on the importance of the cloud and its weakening or even useless. But if the cloud is not based on the end of the application, it is just a cloud. Google is much more difficult than Microsoft to extend to a unified, cloud-and-end competition driven by business interests.