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Why do they keep using the word cloud for these kind of http file and application servers? There is nothing "cloudy" about them. Only the actual managed servic
by prmoustache 2y ago
Why do they keep using the word cloud for these kind of http file and application servers? There is nothing "cloudy" about them.
Only the actual managed services could reasonably be called cloud computing when they are hosted in an elastic and scalable infra.
- dewey 2y agoBecause they are your "own cloud" vs. the Big Tech cloud services. The meaning of words change and a person not in tech would never call something "an application server", which is perfectly fine.
- prmoustache 2y agoMost people not in tech don't even know the word cloud in a context related to computing anyway. They know google drive/workspace, Microsoft 365, dropbox, that's it. EDIT: OK not living in the Apple ecosystem I realize I forgot about icloud which at least in term of market shares in the USA is a big thing (but not necessarily everywhere else).
- JadedBlueEyes 2y agoIt's fairly common in the marketing materials of all of the services you mentioned. Many people also know it from when the cloud was a popular buzzword.
- plagiarist 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change
- theandrewbailey 2y agoI thought 'the cloud' meant 'someone else's computer', but in light of personal cloud software like this, I might have to change that. 'Some other computer across a network', maybe?