2008/9/30 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What bugs me about the Stallman interview (and oracle's > comments) is cloud computing is already here and many > users are already using it. Call it gibberish and marketing > hype isn't going to help solve the real problem of cloud-based lock-in.
I believe Stallman wasn't quoted clearly in the article, but until he writes and publishes an essay about the topic, its hard to know precisely what he thinks about the topic in detail. It sounds to me like his "marketing hype" quote is scoped to "inevitablility." > They should be talking up user/freedom/rights friendly services & > practices. Its a shame the article doesn't mention www.autonomo.us, which seems like a central collection point for that talk. > While slamming down the ones which don't. Putting a > mid rule through cloud computing is like putting a mid rule through mobile. More like putting a mid rule through proprietary software. And that did put a rule through mobile computing, until OpenMoko. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
