On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Shankar Pokharel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I 101% agree with RMS here. I think cloud computing is going to lock > us into a deadliest trap ever which will be virtually irrecoverable, > if we don't think/act about it right now. >
Yes, but then shouldn't we create free/open source ways to implement these things? What if cloud computing becomes the next big thing and we have no non-proprietary choices to do work with? Or should we try to avoid cloud computing altogether and try to stop it from happening ? Bibek > "Somebody is saying this is inevitable – and whenever you hear > somebody saying that, it's very likely to be a set of businesses > campaigning to make it true." > > -S > > On 10/2/08, Bibek Paudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Today every company is talking about Cloud computing, but RMS has rejected >> as a trap and it truly is. How much sense does it make to adopt technologies >> pushed by some companies which could further lock us in. We are struggling >> to get out of non-free and jail created by MS and colonial cousins, before >> we could break that another jail is awaiting. >> >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman >> >> bibek >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
