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The stream of recent news regarding "company XXX shutting down or not approving app YYY" makes me really wonder about our wonderful future of cloud computing, w
by old-gregg 18y ago
The stream of recent news regarding "company XXX shutting down or not approving app YYY" makes me really wonder about our wonderful future of cloud computing, which makes our old Microsoft-owned days seem less and less bleak. At least Microsoft didn't try to "shut down" Windows apps it didn't like.
What will really freak me out is news about Amazon or Google shutting down applications deployed on AWS/AppEngine.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoThat will freak me out as well, but this latest stream of news isn't really related to cloud computing. Facebook apps don't even live on Facebook's servers; it's more about Facebook's users and data.
- erlanger 18y agoIt is, albeit indirectly. Parent is contending that cloud-style services are deposing desktop (traditionally MS-dominated) technologies. It's expected that desktop apps be controlled fully by users, while web applications are controlled by the site administrator.