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iCloud, you sneaky little devil you

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ZDNet Virtualization Blog; By Ken Hess
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Another iCloud gotcha called Photo Stream is calling to you from the great Cloud. Resistance is futile. You and your PC will be assimilated.

Some people view Microsoft as The Evil Empire, while others give Apple that moniker. I’ve never thought either one was particularly evil but when I found iCloud installed on my PC after upgrading to iOS 5, I’m beginning to wonder. I discovered the iCloud icon in my Windows 7 system tray after a recent update/reboot exercise. So, being the curious sort, I opened it and to my surprise, Apple is trying to make me use their Cloud service on my PC. What’s next? Will Microsoft start making applications for Mac computers? Oh, wait, nevermind.

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Comments (2)

Did I miss something? I post my own stories to LXer all the time, but if it has nothing to do with free software or free OSes, I don't post it. A cloud service in and of itself is not enough.

Quoting:iCloud is less expensive than Dropbox and it works on all of your iDevices, Macs and now your PC too.


So ... unlike Dropbox, there's no Linux client?
Sorry my bad, I missed that one.

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