The Cloud Is the OS

Joyent recently announced the launch of their “SimpleOS,” a cloud-based operating system:

http://gigaom.com/cloud/joyent-launches-a-new-os-for-the-cloud/

Although I think what Joyent has done is interesting (perhaps not as lofty as they claim it to be, i.e., the only “modern OS” made in the last decade) it does portend to a much bigger movement in how devices will load, operate, and connect with one another.

Right now, we exist in a distributed environment. Computers boot up to a local operating...