On Jan 1, 3:26 pm, Aaron Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, in between skiing runs I noticed > a Business Week cover story on > "cloud computing". The article had > lots of interesting information in it like > about how somebody's mom used to > be an airline stewardess and the > interior decor of various office spaces. > It was a truly excellent piece of > journalism. > > However it gave me no idea what > "cloud computing" is and how it > could be used to solve a computational > problem. > > Could anyone on this list > which usually has highly informed > readers give me a clue at some > level of technical detail what cloud > computing is about and how it could > be used. Bonus points if you mention > Python in the response! > > An actual example would be great, > if it's not web scraping and searching. > > - Aaron Watters > > ==http://www.xfeedme.com/nucular/pydistro.py/go?FREETEXT=snow
Examples of applications in the cloud: Google apps, Zoho.com Examples of cloud storage and bandwidth: Amazon's S3 for scalable storage, Amazon's EC2 for scalable serving The idea is that your data and applications are on the net, rather than your local hard drive. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
