I think you're still misunderstanding the concept. Or purposely trying
to obfuscate. Implementation of cloud computing hasn't really been
possible until recent broadband penetration. But you insist on talking
about 'many years' as if you've been avoiding a cloud by choice all
this time.
FWIW, my wife has been using Yahoo mail's web interface for years (a
real cloud), and she's never lost an email, nor is she likely to
anytime soon.
Broadband penetration in the US is an oxymoron.
I use Yahoo mail too. I've lost email. Their servers have crashed, for
as long as a week--or more. Had to contact my remailer in Munich to
change email. I hate the new Yahoo Mail interface. It's more cumbersome
than the old interface. Perhaps your wife hasn't been using it as long
as I have. That's why my email is spread out on servers around the
world--and archived locally, too.
As for the cloud, that's something that Larry Ellison of Oracle has been
pushing for years, but not quite possible until recently with greater
storage capability, faster/better apps, faster processors, more
broadband, more players. Makes sense for corporations, and for
individuals who need to use expensive software, but not all the time,
and have fast reliable broadband. The cloud is a new name for an old
idea. Technology has improved enough recently to implement it. It still
sucks for individual users [except, maybe, email]. Give me fast,
reliable, cheap broadband first, then I'll consider the "cloud".
Otherwise, it's just a pipe dream.
Now Ellison is claiming that cloud computing may not be so profitable
after all.
Betty
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