On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Chris Knadle wrote: > As far as I could tell the term "cloud computing" mostly means "an automated > method for a user to request and for a system to provision a virtual machine, > with the specified resources".
This is one of those cases where a term/phrase has come to have multiple meanings. In the SC world, cloud computing is just that, you put your VM out into a "cloud" and you don't care what physical hardware it's running on, it doesn't matter a bit. But then there's also the variation that's more the idea of putting your "apps in the cloud", from a user perspective. It's similar in that you don't care where the spreadsheet-app physically resides, so long as you can access it and your data from a known interface. It's a slightly different meaning but a variation on a similar theme. :-) Cheers, D _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration Apr 7 - Nagios May 5 - Android
