There has been a lot of fuzz about cloud computing. This IT service concept involves hosting of data and applications on remote servers. However, the concept "cloud computing" is very fuzzy and has been stretched a lot. In this post I will take a look at eyeOS, an open-source cloud operating system, developed by a small team mainly situated in Barcelona, Spain. The company makes money on technical support.
Cloud Computing
Many people are unsure what cloud computing is really for except paying monthly fees to service providers and loosing control of data and applications. You might want to hear and see Google's Eric Schmidt, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, and Oracle's Larry Ellison try to explain and give their opinions about cloud computing.
Maddog Hall, a well-known programmer with near mythical status in open-source circles, explains his opinion about cloud computing in this video and he emphasizes the importance of open-source for cloud operating in order to keep in control. He explains that he likes about eyeOS that you can stay in control.
There are two options to start using eyeOS right now: eyeOS 1.x stable and 2.x beta. The 1.9 branch is a stable base to be used in a production environment. It has more than 200 developed apps from the eyeOS community and 35 base applications bundled in the system. It has been the stable branch for more than 2 years now. The 2.x beta is the new series of eyeOS which is in active development and will replace 1.x as stable in a few months. It includes live collaboration and many more social capabilities than eyeOS 1.x.
Download:
http://eyeos.org/index.php
Sources: eyeos.org/ and myoutsourcedbrain.com/
