Google Drive (GDrive) already exists... It's called Openomy
What GDrive could be
Since the Google Analyst Day, there has been a lot of speculation about an apparently upcoming Google project: Google Drive (GDrive).
Greg Linden found this gem within Google's presentation, where it says Google's goal is to provide as much storage as possible to user's so it is accessible globally.
ZDNet's Garett Rogers followed that up with a post about what he thinks GDrive will be:
This all seems awesome, I must admit. However, there is a lot of speculation here, and unfortunately, no hint at what may actually come. Perhaps Google wants to make a walled garden of your info, without providing APIs. Then your data is only as good as Google allows it to be. If they have great applications to use (say, Google Office) then it might be a great idea. But if they don't (like, say, Google Base), then this project is pretty lame, in my opinion. It essentially becomes any other online file storage program.
GDrive already exists
The great thing about GDrive, however, is that it already exists in the form of Openomy. Openomy isn't a Google product, but it is almost exactly what GDrive is being speculated to be.
By providing a web site to upload your files, we're offering free online storage for up to 1Gb. But the real meat of Openomy is in the open APIs. It's something we continuously preach, but that's because it's something we really believe in. By providing our users with a single place to store their data, and giving them the ability to use that data anywhere in the world through our APIs, we hope to be helping users kick ass.
Notice the difference as compared to GDrive, which may not have open APIs: We no longer have to create the Openomy Office suite -- others can create individual parts of the suite and integrate them with Openomy using our APIs. This is how the web should work -- loosely coupled parts brought together to form a whole network.
So while you anticipate the launch of GDrive, consider registering for Openomy as well.
Tags: GDrive, GoogleDrive, Openomy, FileSystem, APIs
Since the Google Analyst Day, there has been a lot of speculation about an apparently upcoming Google project: Google Drive (GDrive).
Greg Linden found this gem within Google's presentation, where it says Google's goal is to provide as much storage as possible to user's so it is accessible globally.
With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including: emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc).
We already have efforts in this direction in terms of GDrive, GDS [Google Desktop Search], Lighthouse, but all of them face bandwidth and storage constraints today.
ZDNet's Garett Rogers followed that up with a post about what he thinks GDrive will be:
The GDrive service will provide anyone (who trusts Google with their data) a universally accessible network share that spans across computers, operating systems and even devices. Users will no longer require third party applications to emulate this behaviour by abusing Gmail storage.
This all seems awesome, I must admit. However, there is a lot of speculation here, and unfortunately, no hint at what may actually come. Perhaps Google wants to make a walled garden of your info, without providing APIs. Then your data is only as good as Google allows it to be. If they have great applications to use (say, Google Office) then it might be a great idea. But if they don't (like, say, Google Base), then this project is pretty lame, in my opinion. It essentially becomes any other online file storage program.
GDrive already exists
The great thing about GDrive, however, is that it already exists in the form of Openomy. Openomy isn't a Google product, but it is almost exactly what GDrive is being speculated to be.
By providing a web site to upload your files, we're offering free online storage for up to 1Gb. But the real meat of Openomy is in the open APIs. It's something we continuously preach, but that's because it's something we really believe in. By providing our users with a single place to store their data, and giving them the ability to use that data anywhere in the world through our APIs, we hope to be helping users kick ass.
Notice the difference as compared to GDrive, which may not have open APIs: We no longer have to create the Openomy Office suite -- others can create individual parts of the suite and integrate them with Openomy using our APIs. This is how the web should work -- loosely coupled parts brought together to form a whole network.
So while you anticipate the launch of GDrive, consider registering for Openomy as well.
Tags: GDrive, GoogleDrive, Openomy, FileSystem, APIs
4 Comments:
The problem is: for me as an user without programming skills, it is a bit difficult to find out how to make openomy working like a second harddisc on my computer (say as the .mac-drive for apple-computers).
Or is there a trick, I didn't find yet?
Michael
Yes, I'm no programmer either. How can we do bulk uploads?
Am using Ubuntu Linux.
I am a developer, and openonmy may have some uses for me in future. However, claiming "Google Drive (GDrive) already exists... It's called Openomy" is pushing things a bit far as none of the functionality is available to the average user.
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