Linked by David Adams on Tue 30th Sep 2008 02:26 UTC
A very interesting "Blogwatch" posting at Computerworld links out to an interview with Richard Stallman wherein he posits that Cloud Computing is a trap to entice users to give up control and privacy and become subject to closed, proprietary platforms. Since RMS is a professional provocateur, I wouldn't consider all of his pronouncements newsworthy. But the thoughtful responses linked in this blog roundup were interesting, and I believe the issue of convenience vs control vis a vis Cloud Computing is a very timely and important debate to be having at this point in IT history.
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2005-07-06
... ever agree whole heartedly with RMS on something.
People are to ready to jump on some new fad without thinking about its implications. I don't mind using a webmail service for personal email. Non of that data is overly important or sensitive. But some of this stuff is just ridiculous, like the "WebOS" sites that store everything you do on their servers. Why would you want this?
My generation (I'm 21) is WAY to comfortable with having their lives completely open and in someone else's possession.
Edited 2008-09-30 18:22 UTC