> > > Make sure you tell him that "cloud" is just a fancy term for "somebody > else's computer". :) >
Or as I like to call it, "Socialized Computing". Except that unlike civic socialism, you don't +necessarily+ run out of somebody else's compute cycles.. ;-) On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:04 AM, geneb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2016, Ali wrote: > > I'd like him to understand why things work they way they do, that the cloud >> is not a magical thing, and that at a certain level an >> iPad=PC=5110=System/360. >> >> Make sure you tell him that "cloud" is just a fancy term for "somebody > else's computer". :) > > g. > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. > Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. > > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_! >
