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Cloud must be the most uselessly overloaded term ever. I have no way of knowing what you are actually talking about when you use it.
by Sammi 10mo ago
Cloud must be the most uselessly overloaded term ever. I have no way of knowing what you are actually talking about when you use it.
- apelapan 10mo agoCloud always means "somebody else's computer".
- Sammi 10mo agoEven that isn't generic and broad enough. I've noticed so many people mean SaaS when they say cloud. That isn't even a hardware or server or infrastructure meaning. It's referring to a whole cohesive IT product that you subscribe to. Actually I'd say "cloud" says more about the business model than it says about the actual product.
- fulafel 10mo agoIf only. But it can also mean your own computers ("private cloud").
- apelapan 10mo agoMy experience is that when people say "private cloud", they usually mean a VPC or similar that is located on somebody else's computer. I'm sure some people use the term correctly, at least sometimes!
- everfrustrated 10mo agoIn there early days of cloud there were actual definitions created for it. Nobody seems to remember or care any more.