You are changing the parameters to win an argument. No one, least of all me said use the cloud for backup. We are specifically talking about cell phones...devices that by their nature need access to the network to work. I'm not putting my dissertation on google docs and trying to access it with my iphone..I'm talking about the ability if you have a device with only 8 gigs of storage, to keep pictures you might want to see once in awhile on a server accessible by your phone. Not back them up there, just toss them there in case you want to bore your friends with your kid dressed as superman. http://twitpic.com/u7kyz
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:09 PM, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:24:55 -0800, mike escribió: > > >> I sort of agree with the storage aspect, but that is relative also...to >> some >> 4 gigs is enough, others want 64 gigs and that still isn't enough. With >> cloud based services many things can be left on the net and accessed as >> needed from an iphone or android etc. I keep a lot of pictures on >> sugarsync >> so it doesn't take up storage on my phone even though I have a 16 gig card >> in my phone. >> > > There you go with that "cloud" nonsense. Fine if you live, work and travel > only where there's reliable, affordable broadband, but that's not most of > the country--or the world. The "cloud" is not a good place for data that you > need to access at any time. > > I've had to rely on remote servers that "done me wrong" for too many years. > Don't trust them. Never did. No reason to rely on them in the near or > not-so-near future. Have you ever lost data on a remote server? Have you > ever stored important data that you couldn't access because the network > wasn't available or the server was down? Still happens often enough not to > rely on the "cloud". > > Andy Ihnatko says of backups, "If it doesn't exist in 3 places, it doesn't > exist." Using the cloud for backup is like a 3-legged stool with one leg > [the cloud] taped together with one layer of paper tape. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
