Ed, > >> Get a grip. This is an email list. It's not a virtual > >> world or anything. > > > > I'm surprised you would say that. Aren't you working with people whose > > imaginations are at least tickled by the possibilities? Aren't you guys > > already offering something like second life and virtual meeting facilities > > as a service within your 'cloud' offerings? > > > We're providing the infrastructure, not the content. > And really, there's nothing that you can do on the cloud > platform that you can't do with a server room of your own > hardware. Cloud just removes the maintenance headaches and > bandwidth limitations.
Just took a look at http://www.rackspace.com/index.php?CMP=Google_rackspace What's interesting is that it has a big link to "Cloud Hosting" and a tiny mention at the bottom saying "The world's leader in hosting and cloud computing". It strikes me that the marketing people haven't quite gotten their minds around what "Cloud computing" is. Heck, neither do I, really, because my view of how "virtual conferencing using the cloud" actually works is conceptual and fuzzy. I wonder, for example, if realtime presence is required or can people be off-line and catch up in their own time. Bill > > -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/bc3869106aab443bb5306dc35db85...@bills ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
