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- lorenzoamigo, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8You're missing the point. So what if it's written in PHP and running on Linux. The point is WHO CONTROLS YOUR DATA?
- Tr0yNT, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3I think one should be careful who they share their information with, however if you can use Gmail on Google's servers for free vs running your own for your small ( less than 10 person company ) then I say go for it.
However, for any medium to large operations, I agree it makes better sense to just run your software on site. - bpmmx, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2... and the ingnorant will always fall prey to consumerism, which is the one and only motivation for the Big Brother Businesses...
- shinkou, on 10/01/2008, -0/+2Cloud computing could be a trap if we get too dependent on those Web2.0 applications, like using Google Docs to manage and store important documents for personal use. In other words, uploading data, which is important to you and you have no intent to share it with the others, to any of those online service provider is stupid because 1) it has no point and 2) your uploaded data may not be available to you all the time due to factors which are out of your control. System failure of the online service and/or service policy change by the provider for instance.
Having that said, however, cloud computing is merely a tool and it's up to its user to determine whether it is good or bad according to how it's used. - hiPpymIck, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2agreed
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"One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control," he said.
"It's just as bad as using a proprietary program.
Do your own computing on your own computer with your copy of a freedom-respecting program.
If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless.
You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software." - Kamujin, on 10/01/2008, -0/+2Man, as much as RMS tends to annoy me, I think he's at least partially right on this one.
On the other hand, the technically challenged stand to benefit greatly from the cloud. - Oxytronix, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Although I wouldn't be so hysterical about free software as Stallman is, I have to agree with him on the issue of gradually passing control over our lives over to the bug companies. I personally like to have most of the information I find really useful stored somewhere on my PC. Not only because I am not totally excited about having all of my important personal data on a server of a third party, but also because there still are moments when I simply do not have internet access. (And sometimes I go even so far that I save PDF copies of some websites in fear of dead links and other annoying issues like that.)
- nsushkin, on 10/01/2008, -0/+0Nice photo
- kwilms, on 09/30/2008, -2/+1Stallman thinks gmail is a trap and worse than useless. Sure there is a mixture of privacy and ownership issues, but gmail is free and easy.
- riemino, on 09/30/2008, -3/+0Outdated ideas will always stagnate technological progress. That's all I have to say.
- superm401, on 09/29/2008, -4/+1Cloud computing isn't blocking freedom to move data any more than object code blocked freedom to edit source code. It's how the technologies are used that matters.
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -5/+1this guy is showing his age. its not marketing hype, cloud computing is the way of the future. it barely costs anything for the client or userbase as alot of services are provided free - and easily conusmable on Linux-powered thin clients. he's also completely ignoring the great strides that cloud computing has made on the industry and the fact much of it was built on OPEN standards and technologies. PHP, Ruby, Apache are powering the cloud, with Mozilla, Webkit leading the way in the browser-space as it emerges as the new desktop. he should also be glad that open-source friendly companies like Google are dominating the cloud-computing scene and not Microsoft.
he needs to shave his beard too - i wouldn't otherwise take him seriously if it werent for his history with GNU.
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