“Computers In The Air” - What Is Cloud Computing?

Posted by ttblogger on 04/12 at 08:30 AM Permalink
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It’s supposed to be the next big thing in computing. It’s supposed to revolutionize the way we work at home and at the office. It’s supposed to slice bread, iron your clothes and make breakfast for you. Yes, its “cloud computing”. OK, maybe it won’t do household chores but with the way people speak about it, you’d think it would. 

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    Posted by Peter Roberts  on  04/12  at  12:53 PM

  1. Rather sketchy treatment of a very complicated subject.  You should have included a Pro/Con list. The obstacles for home users include slow response, limits on tailoring apps, security, backup, and being at the mercy of a third party for updates and forced conversions. Just to name a few.

    2. Posted by Richard Sallee  on  04/12  at  01:04 PM

  2. OMG, I see another big learning curve approaching !

    3. Posted by Conrad Byron  on  04/12  at  02:09 PM

  3. in my opinion I don’t trust the security of cloud computing I feel much safer with the softwatre and files on my personal computer
    I have found that anything put out on the Net is open for all to see and have

    4. Posted by sceptic  on  04/12  at  03:12 PM

  4. just another wy for big brother to take us away from owning any thing free

    5. Posted by Larry Noyes  on  04/12  at  03:33 PM

  5. Started computing in the 1950’s with mainframes and then moved to AppleII(the “Suitcase"), then watched as Personal computers basically took over..

    Seems like “Cloud Computing” is an attempt to go back to the good ole days of Decentralized computing, thus ensuring fewer options or controls for the individual. Could this also mean more expense for the individual? Of course!!!

    6. Posted by J. Corliss  on  04/12  at  05:42 PM

  6. Cloud computing is simply another effort on the part of software companies to get us all to use thin clients. That way, they can RENT us software eventually instead of us being able to buy a license and install it on our PCs. In fact, think about it! Eventually, what with the online storage concept that some idiots are buying into, maybe they can get us to PAY FOR ACCESS TO OUR OWN DATA!

    Just say a loud “NO” to “cloud computing”. Cloud computing is for fools.

    7. Posted by James Taylor  on  04/12  at  07:57 PM

  7. Wow, Not a single mention of OnLive. I am surprised.. If you found the tip interesting and also play games you might want to know what appears to be right around the corner, I suggest taking a trip over to http://www.onlive.com/ which was just recently announced at GDC 2009.

    8. Posted by Chris Leon  on  04/12  at  08:29 PM

  8. The “sky is...” definitely “the limit.” Cloud computing, access to super computers to do our multiprocessing, software engineering is definitely the next big thing.

    Let’s hope that malware practices and software evolution is this regard, don’t grow proportionately with the possibilities for human progress.

    9. Posted by saturian  on  04/13  at  02:53 AM

  9. I have watched the changes of the internet from the beginning. More and more simple things like drivers, song lyrics, computer repair advice, are cost items now instead of BBS. That said, I hope cloud computing is the wonderful thing that you have described. However, it looks like it could be another attempt by corporate America to harness the web and filter traffic thru pay sites. The greedy always seem to be there to muck up a good thing.

    10. Posted by O. Fryxell  on  04/13  at  04:09 AM

  10. We has the same thing 30 years ago when I worked at IBM.  It was called VM for Virtual Machine.  We operated from “dumb” terminals connected to a network of mainframes.  I could, and did, log onto any IBM terminal at any location worldwide, and it was as if I was sitting at my desk.  All of the software, hardware, and files were on the mainframes.  Cloud Computing, new idea?  Not really, but still a great idea.  It will make life a lot easier for most people to not have to maintain the hardware/software.

    11. Posted by derique  on  04/13  at  04:29 AM

  11. Keep up the great work. I always look forward to see what you have in store every week… Thanks!

    12. Posted by Kevin Earl  on  04/13  at  08:00 AM

  12. This is pretty smart when you think about it; you don’t have to spend millions on bloated software apps; just use what you need and get out; Sounds like Big Brither computing to me.

    13. Posted by john carman  on  04/13  at  08:31 AM

  13. It seams to me that “BIG BROTHER” could use this to watch us more, are we giving up rights for convenient

    14. Posted by Todd Wente  on  04/13  at  01:25 PM

  14. I’ve used Google Docs, and while it worked quite well, I have been more pleased with my current configuration of OpenOffice on an 8G thumbdrive which can run easily on scaled down notebooks as well as larger workstations.  Docs are stored on the thumbdrive, including some apps for less robust computers.  Games still have to be handled some other way, currently on a console.

    15. Posted by Shodar  on  04/13  at  01:29 PM

  15. Like has been said before, it is not trustworthy, full of security holes, slow as heck (and the more people that use it, the slower it will get)… not to mention the fact it is just another way for software companies to capitalize on the internet.

    GO AWAY CLOUDS!! WE WANT SUNSHINE!!

    --Shodar

    16. Posted by Larry Wafford  on  04/13  at  10:28 PM

  16. I think it will be great and will be the next step to computing and will ultimately become mainstream in just a short time and with nano technology things are only going to get more interesting, with everything becoming smaller and smaller opening up to bigger and better storage possibilities. We will be remembered as the pioneers of computing.

    17. Posted by Charles Nixon  on  04/15  at  08:24 AM

  17. Where I live, it’s either dial-up, ISDN, or satellite.  I use the satellite option (but would really like to have DSL).  With the satellite, I’m limited on the total monthly traffic, and have several times exceeded the limit, suffering the consequences.  With cloud computing, I would be sunk because of all the different chunks of software code being downloaded every time I loaded an app, would keep me in trouble with the satellite provider until they cut me off for good.  With dial-up or ISDN, my AMD64x2 computer would become equivalent to an 8088 paperweight.

    Cloud computing?  Not in my foreseeable future.

    18. Posted by Gust  on  05/07  at  12:05 AM

  18. Well that is really interesting way to picture it out. “Cloud Computing” well basically computer really contributes a lot to a everybody’s daily work. It’s an extent of the world it’s self and help to build a better connections through every aspect such us communication and Business transactions. Net which is also know the sky is the wide spaces whre it has no limit. No body really know but we may achieve on surpassing this sky. To fly even to the widest SPACE.

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