On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Derek J. Balling <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Mar 1, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Matthias Johnson wrote: > > Cloud computing is definately something not needed IMO. > > I'm sorry, I have to draw a line here. > > You want to say "it doesn't work for you"? Fine. I'm on board with that > sentiment. > > But don't pretend that just because it doesn't suit your needs (or mine) > that it's "not needed". :-) > > D > I did say in my opinion but I agree that was a very bold and broad statement and cloud computing may have it's purposes, I just feel it shouldn't have many. If I was a large business what happens legally if the cloud looses my data. If my company is heading toward bankrupcy or has some internal scandal and our emails and documents contain this information...can someone else potentially see this information? What happens if the cloud shares this information with a similar company or a company that works with you since the cloud hosts them also? They may lose you or others as a customer but what if that doesn't matter to them. How do you transfer your data if you no longer require the services. Granted these all need to be answered individualy by each provider but for a lot of companies I would think cloud computing is a bad idea. As far as for both business and personal computing the connectivity issue is a downer. Loosing the ability to do any work because a trouble ticket is open with Verizon would be bad. -- Matthias A. Johnson
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