Gotta disagree with both you guys on that one. Cloud computing definitely has major advantages over local for various things. Not all things but for example storage. I rather have a google doc hosted by google that will never get lost to a harddrive crash than a locally stored doc. I can also see big promise in things like http://www.onlive.com/ for gaming. Cloud can't replace everything but it can replace a few things really well. I personally wouldn’t mind having a lightweight computer that boots off a flash image in 2 seconds and connects to the web for accessing my files and basic functionality. Something I never have to worry about for maintenance. That would be the ultimate web surfing platform. Give one of those computers to your family and never have to worry about fixing it ever!
Thanks, ------------------------------------------ Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) Sr. Security Researcher Websense Security Labs http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com ------------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 7:07 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Google OS At 09:55 AM 08/07/2009, Stan Zaske wrote: >Cloud computing is bogus. The day when everyone's apps and data are >on machines that aren't local is the day the Internet becomes third >world. My broadband connection failed again yesterday for a couple >hours during the Michael Jackson memorial blitz. How can so many in >the industry be pushing this nonsense is beyond me. However, >competing against Microsoft is a good idea as it may bring down >their ridiculous prices. Anybody pee od'd that Vista owners don't >get a free upgrade to 7? I'm not a big fan of cloud computing either (but interestingly enough, am working on a cloud-based project, so go figure.) I don't see net connections going down very often, but when they do, it could be a big hit to a business. Seems like a single point of failure issue to me, but it is taking off. T Protected by Websense Hosted Email Security -- www.websense.com
