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Interview: Nick Carr talks Google, Apple, and cloud clients  Ars
talks about Apple, Google, thin clients, and cloud computing
with Nicholas …  Nick Carr  On May 11, Ars Technica and Wired
hosted a Smart Salon on cloud computing. The event featured a
Q&A with Ray Ozzie on Microsoft's cloud strategy, a presentation
by Nick Carr, opening remarks by Ars's own Ken Fisher, and a
panel on barriers to cloud adoption made up of myself, Ping Li
of Accel Partners, Joseph Tobolski of Accenture Technology Labs,
and Alex Chriss of Intuit. After the Salon, I was able to catch
up with Nick Carr and talk with him more about all things cloud.
The first part of our conversation went up last week, so if you
didn't catch that then you'll definitely want to check it out.
What follows below is the rest of our discussion.  ChromeOS and
the cloud client  JS: I want to switch topics and ask you what
you thought about the ChromeOS launch, because you had written
about th