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It's just a stupid marketing term that describes things we've been doing for decades. Furthermore, the term brings with it baggage to issues that normally woul
by burgerbrain 16y ago
It's just a stupid marketing term that describes things we've been doing for decades. Furthermore, the term brings with it baggage to issues that normally wouldn't be controversial or scoffed at.
Why should I "get" it?
- taylorbuley 16y agoTwo words: Network Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computer
- InclinedPlane 16y agoIndeed, "cloud computing" is so overused, misused, and overhyped that it's lost its meaning as a specific technical term. Case in point: Microsoft's bizarre "to the cloud" commercials which seem to conflate cloud computing with collaborative web applications, which is just silly.
- sophacles 16y agoThis has been going on for a very long time. Not to say you're wrong, just that MS didn't invent the conflation.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoCertainly. But MS should know better (they have a legit (seemingly) cloud computing platform), and the degree of publicity generated for this abuse of language is troublesome. There are now millions of people who never knew about "the cloud" before and now think of it as some MS invention where you can retouch photos online. :P