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What Is Cloud Computing?

webware.com — Starting with an utterly opaque description from Forrester Research, we get into the realities of using the "cloud" of Internet-connected resources for data storage and computing. Then we dive into personal clouds of data--like what Microsoft is trying to build with Live Mesh.

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  • jessechan, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Here's another article about the cloud: http://fishtrain.com/2007/09/10/brittle-machines/
  • bincoder, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Cloud computing is something I consider a scam. I like to compute with everything located right here. If I have electricity, the computer computes, and cannot be stopped from computing by a broken isp, an unpaid bill to bill gates, george bush, china, or god himself. Dugg anyway.
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