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Posted by Cassius
Aug 26, 2010 at 10:44 PM

Rather reminds me of dumb terminals and mainframes.

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Aug 27, 2010 at 01:29 PM

True, except there are many more points of access to the cloud - virtually any computer anywhere which is connected to the net.

Cassius wrote:
>Rather reminds me of dumb terminals and mainframes.

Posted by Cassius
Aug 27, 2010 at 02:30 PM

Daly de Gagne wrote:
>True, except there are many more points of access to the cloud - virtually any computer
>anywhere which is connected to the net.

Ah, yes. Giving so many, many more hackers golden opportunities, not to mention security foul-ups by the cloud storage providers.

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 27, 2010 at 03:11 PM

I have been weary of trusting my info to the cloud, but I can see clearly specific advantages:

For the users:
- No need to bother with installing software
- Less reliance on costly hardware
- Much more free stuff, as companies try different business models

For the developers:
- Much more rapid development cycle
- No need to test each and every piece of hardware that will use their product

The disadvantages are also there, and these are mostly felt by experienced users.
- Reliance on third parties for data security
- Being at the mercy of the service provider’s business: recently Twine.com was closed down, and user contributions discarded

However, I do not see it as an either/or issue. That is why I use products such as Evernote and Nomadesk which allow me to have my data both locally and on the cloud.

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