In The Cloud(s)
Posted: Wed 29 October, 2008 Filed under: Cynicism, Geeky 2 Comments »Is it just me, or does all the guff about “Cloud Computing” just sound like all the old thin-client and server stuff, updated for t’internet?
Maybe I’m a Luddite of sorts, but I have to say, I prefer my data to be somewhere I can control – not in the hands of Google, Microsoft, Amazon et al. If I want my data available “whenever, wherever”, I’ll put it on a USB stick/drive, and use it that way, thanks.
That’s all.
How quaint! 😉
Speaking as someone who switches between three different machines on a regular basis – one of which has all USB access blocked, as is only right and proper, given our line of work – I’m all for it. Same goes for my work-related data – it’s all held remotely, and I can get to it from anywhere I like via virtual desktops and Citrix. Hell, let someone else worry about security and backups!
If I need to transfer a document from one place to another, I’ll e-mail it to myself and keep it accessible via my webmail. (And that’s another thing; all my home e-mail has been “in the cloud” for the past three or four years now. BT Yahoo webmail rocks, surprisingly enough.)
I hate USB sticks, anyway. And look at all the fuss they’ve been causing of late. Ban them, I say!
Totally agree Lyle.
I found out the other day (during maintenance work – I clicked in and got a non-customer screen) that my ISP keeps secret copies of my email, archived by month, even though I delete from server when I’ve downloaded to my main machine. Why?