InformationWeek - Glide OS Plots Death Of The Desktop 

 

Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce, meet TransMedia (Glide OS). 

 

The startup is joining the big boys in moving applications online in response to the emergence of the software-as-a-service model.

 

TransMedia this week plans to release an integrated suite of consumer-media applications (Glide OS) that could radically alter the balance of power among Internet and software service providers.

 

Because the apps were developed simultaneously, they work in concert with elegance that this writer hasn't seen in other loosely linked software programs such as Apple Computer's consumer media applications or Microsoft Office.

 

Glide might make Linux PCs viable for technically unsophisticated users.

 

Drag-and-drop conferencing and presentation sharing could well wean users from WebEx.

 

Summary:

 

Glide’s impact could be significant.

 

Glide might make Linux PCs viable for technically unsophisticated users - they'd just live within the Glide environment.  

 

Software service providers like AOL, Google, MSN, MySpace, and Yahoo, to name a few, might face reinvigorated competition from cable and telecom providers that suddenly have something to offer subscribers beyond increasingly commoditized network bandwidth. 

 

Widespread adoption of Glide could further erode the value of Microsoft's desktop dominance.

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Chief Product Officer: Donald Leka

Glide OS, Jumptuit