Stallman vs. Clouds (Linux Journal)

Stallman vs. Clouds (Linux Journal)

Posted Oct 8, 2008 12:06 UTC (Wed) by tbrownaw (guest, #45457)
In reply to: Stallman vs. Clouds (Linux Journal) by vomlehn
Parent article: Stallman vs. Clouds (Linux Journal)

The cloud computing folks want to make an analogy to turning on a light switch, and I think this is a useful way to think about things. I don't have my own generator.

The building I work in does have its own generator. The air conditioning won't run from it, but it keeps the lights (mostly) on and lets everyone keep working when the power goes out from a storm or something.

You'd probably want your own failover systems in case the cloud evaporates, and once you have to maintain those anyway what happens to the benefits the cloud is supposed to give? At least with electricity you save on fuel costs.

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