You see how it goes. You sell some software to write with and it is very good, a big improvement over pen and paper and even the typewriter. But sometimes, your customers aren't using the computer on which they have installed your software. So, you get the idea: how about we put our software on web pages? Then, anytime you are working with any computer connected to the internet, you have your software at your finger tips.
Then, one of your guys gets the bright idea. Remove the "Save" command from the software and just make saving automatic. Anytime you type, or delete, or make other changes or additions - it all will be saved automatically and immediately. That is the way Google Drive works. Google Drive is not connected to your computer except across the internet somewhere. When you open a new document (or set of slides or a spreadsheet) in Google Drive, it can be downloaded or printed or shared or just saved. You can do all of those things or any combination of them.
So, now your users are storing their documents, their stuff, their pictures, videos on your computers, which communicate with each other. It doesn't matter whether the machines sit in India or Indiana, there is just this vast network of computer storage scattered here and there. In Google, Drive, Docs for word-processing, Sheets for spreadsheets and Slides for presentations of slides, and of course, Gmail are all free and all available on any computer connected to the internet.
Apple's iCloud works much the same way as I expect the features of the Kindle Fire, do, too. I haven't used a tablet of the Android family, having only used iPads and Fire. I imagine the Samsung Galaxy and other tablets work that way, too.
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Bill
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