+1 on pretty much all arguments about privacy - especially some advertising
agencies
can be totally anal about security, they are almost bound to disallow
cloud-based storage of data.
The same probably goes for film work. Allowing installation on a dedicated
server for total user control
would be a big plus here.
As for problems with low internet bandwidth in certain locations, I think this
is where time is working for them.
What I really like is the collaborative potential - working on the same scene
with others simultaneously can be an interesting design tool.
While I am also very careful about the cloud I am excited about the
potential. My main worry is ease of use. For example while I am very
impressed with what Lagoa can do. Its totally unusable on our internet
speeds.
There needs to be some middle ground found to make them far more
practical. Whether its a case of having an option of maybe downloading the
assets libraries locally or something else you cannot have an application
check back with the server nearly every time you perform an action.
If your are going to host something on the cloud that can say be check at
start up etc. There are opportunities for example for much better handling
of licences. I am sorry there is no reason why we should have to screw
around with licence managers (which all tend hate any other license
manager) when it totally possible to either have it check based on mac
address, IP, or even a login.
There are so many things that the cloud could be useful for without having
to do everything there.
Also I find it very doubtful that companies that tend to deal a lot with
brands etc will be happy with their stuff being held in a place that is
not under their total control.
That being said one of the where having the whole thing in the cloud they
can be very useful is in education. For a student to be able to work at
home and at school , not worrying about wether they are on the right OS,
or using the right version.( Looking at you ADSK ;) would be a massive
win. For instructors to be able to collaborate in a meaningful way. again
pure awesomeness.
I am somewhat caught between Geekish optimism and old timer practicality.
Angus
On 2013/07/10 12:13 PM, "Eugen Sares" <[email protected]> wrote:
+1
No offence, but I also don't get too excited about the idea of
my/customers data pending in some unknown place with unknown people
having potential control over it.
Besides, it's risky to rely on a working internet connection all the
time for work. There are too many things that can go wrong, like in all
complex systems.
How about troubleshooting/workarounds if something hangs? And there can
hang a lot in any complex 3d application.
What if you forget to pay your bills? What about being forced for
whatever upgrades? Will you get cut off the chance to continue work?
This does not mean the Exocortex guys are not idealistic, but you cannot
be sure what will happen in the more distant future, when you have
settled comfy in that system and got dependant on it.
Cloud is evil... it means total control. Clever business idea for
managers it might sound, but I for my part dislike it.
My kind of old-schoolish opinion...
Am 10.07.2013 11:49, schrieb Tim Leydecker:
This claraio example pushes me to point out that it would still
be nice to be sure that every workfile or content stays inside the
private IP address space at any given time. At all times.
Personally, I simply don´t like the idea of effectively handing over
the absolute control over my intellectual property to any kind of remote
or even unknown entity/authority that may have completely divergent
interests to my own without even needing to state so in advance.
Clouds are happily described as giving you that air of freedom but
handing over data to a cloud effectively just means handing over your
data to someone else.
I don´t see why I would want to do that.
It would be nice if Claraio is made to run self-contained in a private
network
without any strings attached.
Cheers,
tim
On 10.07.2013 11:32, Rob Wuijster wrote:
I think most of us got the email ;-)
But all these new (internet based) tools makes it very interesting
for what lies ahead.
Rob
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On 10-7-2013 11:26, Stefan Kubicek wrote:
I'm a bit surprised this hasn't been posted here yet, I hope I'm not
spoiling anything, but post date is 8th of July, so...
http://exocortex.com/blog/introducing_claraio
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