Coming from the idea of "utility computing" and Grid, I always found the "cloud" hype interesting and now it is fascinating how Apple has claimed it. This is "

Coming from the idea of "utility computing" and Grid, I always found the "cloud" hype interesting and now it is fascinating how Apple has claimed it. This is "storing your data somewhere/anywhere in the cloud/grid" vs. "storing your data on Apple's servers and let's just call that cloud". Genius marketing non-the-less, they took a vague but popular term and just claimed it and put a (their) face on it.