Microsoft and Fujitsu will form a collaboration in cloud computing. The alliance will form a next generation method of computing that is accessed online so that a user has access to extensive software, online storage, and possibly even processing power in certain cases.
Potentially, or hopefully, for the user it will be like having access to a super computer.
Microsoft will gain access to Fujitsu's data centers, and Fujitsu will be allowed to offer Microsoft's Windows library of software to the user.
Expect a downside though. Instead of just paying the up-front cost of your own computing power and software, you will most likely have to pay a monthly fee or a usage fee per data block for rental of software, storage, and processing time if used.
It will be like the old days where you have a relatively dumb terminal and you log-in remotely to the computer service. (Compuserve are you coming back?)
Apple where are you? Hello?
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