Here is a hypothesis to examine - given the first computing revolution involved people determining how to use their computers by purchasing and installing softw

Here is a hypothesis to examine - given the first computing revolution involved people determining how to use their computers by purchasing and installing software with the needed functionality, is a second such revolution where completely controllable personal storage and compute resources reside in the cloud, with individuals deciding how to put them to use by installing various server sofware components? I'm personally sick of lockins and wouldnt mind a "desktop like" interface to installing and using software on servers. There were some startups that seemed to start down this path. Know of any that's moved further along in this direction?