On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
One can certainly quibble about "the cloud", but distributed computing, where you don't have to know where the computing is taking place, and it could take place anywhere in the world (or Solar System), is a very old concept. Scientists have implemented this for many years. Fifteen years ago I was involved with "grid computing" where you sent off executiable code to be executed somewhere else for you. Even before that there were other efforts to use many different computers across the world. You don't really need broadband for cloud computing, unless you need fast interactive responses with lots of graphics. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34091576500&ref=mf ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
