I think the word "cloud" came about long before the actual implementation. I've seen diagrams where the Internet is pictured as a "cloud" between two other points. I think it was shown as a "cloud" because you couldn't tell how the data was being routed around inside it. One packet may take one path and another packet might take a totally different one. Like a car disappearing into a fog in which there are multiple roads leading to the same exit point. Given how some people think, calling it "the fog" might actually be more accurate. But management might have been turned off by that word.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Scott Rohling > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Too true to be funny - 51% of the surveyed Americans think > that stormy weather can interfere with the functionality of the cloud. > > This doesn't surprise me - I'm not sure when we started calling data > stored > on servers a 'cloud' - but I cringe every time I hear it. > > Is this really any different then not knowing what a catalytic > converter > is, but driving anyway? > > Scott Rohling > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:39 AM, McKown, John > <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_2328330.asp > > > > > > <quote> > > 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. > > </quote> > > > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential > or > > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, > please > > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the > original > > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten > and > > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The > Chesapeake > > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company > of > > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
