On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Nathan Sims wrote: > On Jun 7, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Patrick Coskren wrote: > >> On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Nathan Sims wrote: >> >>> But here's where I'm coming from: Shouldn't the real iCloud be where >>> everyone has his own? That's the product I was hoping they were going to >>> come out with: "My iMac is my iCloud" or some such. Same functionality and >>> availability but *I own my data*. Why would I want all my stuff to reside >>> on _their_ server, not mine? >> >> Because a big part of the point is that they want to eliminate the need to >> have a Mac or PC in order to use an iOS device. > > Exactly! Look where the graph is taking us: towards NO private data storage, > no desktops, everything is 'mobile' and all content (especially licensed > content) resides in the cloud except what's needed locally in cache RAM on > the device. > > I'm not quite ready to be so dependent, so tied-in & tied-up, to any one > single thing -- and to a potential single point of failure at that. No one > else feels a bit _powned_ by the paradigm or where it's leading? >
Eliminating the need for a Mac or PC is a long way from eliminating the capability of doing local storage etc. I see the desire to eliminate the requirement for a Mac or PC and will use some of the services. However, I will still make my data in my own possession my main copy of the data, personally. Chad _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
