RE: [projectvrm] Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak condemns the clou d

["Crosbie Fitch" < >]

'The Cloud' should connote a fully distributed/p2p, decentralised, no-single-entity-or-cartel-controls-it, data storage/communications/processing system.

 

Unfortunately, while those may be connotations the term is intended to inspire, 'the cloud' is simply a marketing term to invite the gullible to store all their 'personal data' on the service provider's Internet-accessible data storage facilities, which may even be distributed to some extent, but not in the above sense.

 

Ask "Who does the cloud belong to? Who controls it?" If the answer is "Google", "Microsoft", or "IBM", etc. then it's not safe.

 

I'd wait until the answer is "No-one/everyone!"

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Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012 4:03am
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Subject: Re: [projectvrm] Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak condemns the cloud

The cloud as it is, is in fact unsuited for personal data management since most layers & functions are not controlled by the individual. More work needs to be done on this and on cloud portability.

L.