Microsofts Ozzie airs cloud views, backs Windows-based netbooks [Video]

Microsoft chief software architect also compliments, criticizes Google Wave effort and pledges Microsoft will do the ‘right thing’ regarding HTML 5

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Ray Ozzie, Microsoft chief software architect, detailed Microsoft’s embrace of cloud computing Thursday and also endorsed the concept of netbooks — provided they run Intel x86 processors and Windows.

Perhaps best known for his pioneering development of Lotus Notes and as Bill Gates’ replacement at Microsoft, Ozzie was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Churchill Club business and technology forum in Palo Alto, Calif.

In addition to the cloud and netbooks, Ozzie briefly touched upon a number of topics, saying, for instance, to expect Microsoft to do the “right thing” regarding support of the critical HTML 5 standard, although he was not specific about what that right thing might be. Ozzie also described as “too complex” the new Google Wave tool for online collaboration and communication.

While Google Wave is nice technology, “It violates one …