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Web-based operating systems such as Goowy try to help people who constantly shift computers by having their files, emails, contacts and calendar stored online so they can be accessed nearly anywhere. The features they offer greatly differ; this article compares them.
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| Cost | Free | Free | Free as in beer and indeed freedom! (Open source) |
Open source |
| File storage |
Through box.net: 1GB free, 5GB for about $8/pm. |
1GB (can be increased up to 50GB if you pay) |
Varies. Unknown for hosted eyeos.info but probably as much as your hosting account allows for self-hosted! |
250MB on hosted edition. |
| Registration | Optional | Optional | Compulsory | Compulsory |
| Email? | Provided and up to 3 external providers supported via. POP3 |
Provided and external providers via. POP3 |
Not on eyeos.info hosted. |
No. Internal messaging only. |
| Office suite? |
None | OpenOffice (via. Java) |
Word processor on eyeos.info hosted. |
Word processor |
| Calendar? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No. |
| MP3 player? |
Yes | Yes | Not on eyeos.info hosted. |
No. |
| Flash, Java or AJAX? |
Flash | Flash, Adobe Acrobat and Java |
Ajax | Ajax |
| IM | MSN/Yahoo! | MSN, Jabber (including GTalk), internal |
Unknown (server down when writing this!) |
Internal messaging only |
| Other notes: |
Multiplayer games and widgets. Struggles under Ubuntu as it needs certain TrueType fonts. |
Blog & web hosting provided. Forums and live chat also available. RSS reader provided. |
Because of its open-source nature, it will be highly extendable. RSS, games and message board on hosted .info version. |
Because of its open-source nature, it will be highly extendable. Also, very buggy. |
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