'Google Web Drive' Won't Kill Windows, the PC or Anything Else

Found on Wired on Monday, 26 January 2009
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We've been hearing about a Google Drive online storage solution for years, but lately some tell-tale signs seem to point toward GDrive becoming a reality.

You might be thinking, what's the big deal? Why is TGDaily so excited they want you to throw away your hard drive (recommended only for hyperbolic journalists)?

It's one thing to trust your e-mail to Google, it's another thing to trust the company with the entirety of your digital life. Forget problems of security and privacy, even the basic issue of server downtime leaves many people cold.

TGDaily's fantasy of a network bootable GDrive will be great when fiber optic lines reach our doorsteps, but, in the mean time, most of us have work to do, and unless you want to spend all day booting up, we suggest hanging onto your hard drive.

Oh sure, I'll happily upload all data from my encrypted harddrives to Google. Get real. I don't even trust them when it comes to e-mail; no way I'd store a single bit of data on their servers. Fanboys and -girls will wet their pants about it, but I prefer having my files next to me, where I know them to be stored safely and backed up.