On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Gabriella Turek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brett Davidson wrote: >> It does not mention anywhere on their site that it runs ads while software >> is loading from Amazon's SS3 service. >> Hardly "open", let alone "fair". > > Ah, that explains the business model.... Call me old fashioned, but the > idea of having all my "stuff" and software beyond my control somewhere > out there (in the US gov't jurisdiction no less!) does not give me > any warm and fuzzies
Well, that's pretty much the definition of "in the cloud"; Google and Amazon are the two best-known application providers at the moment, I guess Hotmail was the first and some people like Yahoo ... not "open", but not "unfair". However, the "running adverts" part is *not* a required part of in-the-cloud, and it's a business model that has been tried many many times, with things like "free" ISPs, as well as most websites. I wonder if you could install adblocker software on the local part of the CherryPal? -jim
