> > Some supporting evidence would be nice because only one person is > > raising this concern. Maybe it's so huge a barrier that no one else > > is bothering, maybe the discussion is somewhere else, but.... > > I see this concern all the time. From every business-oriented point > of view. I'm surprised that anyone else doubts this. > > I thought it could pretty much be considered a given. > > Businesses frequently consider data one of their most valuable > assets. And they're reluctant to trust it with anyone else.
Absolutely. On Jan 17, 10:11 pm, James Ashley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 17, 2:54 pm, Andy Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > data privacy is probably the number one barrier to > > > commercial cloud adoption at the moment. > > > Some supporting evidence would be nice because only one person is > > raising this concern. Maybe it's so huge a barrier that no one else > > is bothering, maybe the discussion is somewhere else, but.... > > I see this concern all the time. From every business-oriented point > of view. I'm surprised that anyone else doubts this. > > I thought it could pretty much be considered a given. > > Businesses frequently consider data one of their most valuable > assets. And they're reluctant to trust it with anyone else. > > > > When you put these two statements together, Google is able to > > > reproduce, adapt and modify developer contributed code to improve your > > > UI, and explicitly *does not* require content owner's permission. > > > Actually, there's nothing about the UI. > > That's in there. Maybe it's a recent addition? > > > However, there's something > > important missing from this discussion, namely "for the sole purpose > > of enabling Google to provide you with the Service in accordance with > > its privacy policy." > > Have I mentioned before that I really like that whole "sole purpose" > phrase? I think I have. > > > How about some acceptable wording from a service that provides > > computation and storage resources, together with a link to the whole > > policy? > > Ooh, nice question! > > I <3 nearlyfreespeech.net (I'm completely unaffiliated...the guy who > owns it probably hates me). But even they don't have anything as > explicit as google's. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
