McKown, John wrote:

>The survey carried out on 1000 adult americans of age 18 and more paint a 
>disturbing picture: 54% of americans do not know what the cloud is and claim 
>to never have used it. But, from these, 95% use it regularly for online 
>banking, online shopping, social sites such as Facebook or Twitter and online 
>sharing of photos and files. All of these services operate within the cloud, 
>but it would seem that not everyone understands this. Also, another alarming 
>number is that  51% of the surveyed Americans think that stormy weather can 
>interfere with the functionality of the cloud.
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I'm alarmed and read that with a cloudy expression! What a misty cloudy 
survey... But you indeed stir up a storm! ;-D


No seriously, I don't think the surveyees are familiar with the term 'cloud' 
and 'cloud computing'. I wonder about the process of surveyee selection...

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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