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Here is the real question in regards to the Cloud.
Which do you really prefer?
Do you want to have control over your system and info?
Or some part of Gov't or large Organization or Company and not really you?
Hi there
I think you've also forgotten the cost -- you'll have to pay per application and for the bandwidth you use.
If I have an EXCEL spreadsheet with say 2 million calculations - all it costs on a home computer is TIME. It won't cost me money to run the spreadsheet. On the Cloud IT WILL - BIG TIME.
In the Cloud you'll pay for Connection / Bandwidth and a whole host of other not necessarily related computer issues -- for example I could be a shareholder in the company -- I want my shares and eventual Pension to go UP so YOU pay while you are connected.
Cheers
jimbo
For those who think Linux will be an alternative to the "Cloud"
Cloud | Ubuntu
I would say that Linux had been the most "Cloud"-like of the OS's prior to the onset of app-puting with mobiles and tablets and soon OS X/Win8
The only reason why Linux may not become a major "Cloud" competitor commercially is not the concept but rather the cost - Linux is built upon affordability and accessibility.
The Cloud professional options at the bottom of the page are quite interesting though, considering the term is barely even mentioned with more prominent certification programs.
However with the new FCC regulations and the Feds now controlling the Net the Feds could shut down the Internet or part of it and that could include your cloud connection.
If the data is stored locally and your network is running over a LAN or WLAN than users can still retrieve their applications and data and continue to work whereas with cloud they could be shut down along with the Internet.:)
Yeah it seems proposed govt regulation is in stark contrast of potential development -
Rather than possibly being denied access to the ideas of others, you are denied access to your own data. Oh wait - the may very well want to deny you access to your own data.
How come little public argument from the "Cloud" pushers against govt regs that could adversely affect this new form of computing?