Reading that it seemed as if OM considers it a given that cloud computing is automatically "better" and squishy humans are just getting in the way of progress.

Reading that it seemed as if OM considers it a given that cloud computing is automatically "better" and squishy humans are just getting in the way of progress. Cloud computing is in many ways more efficient, but that's really not the only metric that matters, is it? There is value in independence, privacy and security - none of which cloud computing can ever really compete on. There are also many applications where proximity of data or proximity of processing matters, and the cloud can't touch those either. So much hype...