>One can certainly quibble about "the cloud", but distributed computing, >where you don't have to know where the computing is taking place, and it >could take place anywhere in the world (or Solar System), is a very old >concept.
It has been around since the advent of the internet. The one significant thing achieved today is sufficient reliability to make it useful. AJAX-based interfaces have also made it much more pleasant to use. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************