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"Cloud" seems to have become synonymous with "having someone else ____ for you," where the blank is filled in with some verb like store/possess/drive/etc. Words
by coderdude 14y ago
"Cloud" seems to have become synonymous with "having someone else ____ for you," where the blank is filled in with some verb like store/possess/drive/etc. Words have the tendency to become loaded with additional meaning over time but this one is stuffed full. Cloud starts to sound like service. Admittedly though, I doubt we'll hear things like "the trash service came and sent my garbage to the cloud" and your examples do work.
- kapilkale 14y agoI agree- "cloud" services seem to be forms of rental, with a dash of internet thrown in (e.g. Redbox isn't really a cloud video company, vs. Netflix / Amazon).
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- saraid216 14y agoSo an old school cabbie service is cars in the cloud?
- sk5t 14y agoExactly - you don't own the depreciating car, nor maintain or insure it (a.k.a. backup, disaster recovery) or even train in how to operate or secure it in a potentially risky environment. Transportation as a Service, man, it's the hot new thing. Personally I'm still waiting for Service-Oriented Automobiles to knit together.