Calling cloud computing "the new mainframe" is a bit of an understatement. One of the design goals of Multics was to establish computation as a sort of public

Calling cloud computing "the new mainframe" is a bit of an understatement. One of the design goals of Multics was to establish computation as a sort of public utility, just like water or sewer or electric services; cloud providers seem to be filling that exact role, and I feel like it's only a matter of time before municipalities start establishing their own local cloud providers as public utilities.