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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Yep. Having realised just how much information is stored on various companies servers, I've started ringing some of them up, and demanding they a) turn over a copy of the information and b) destroy the records if I no longer have dealings with them. (The Privacy Act of 1992 in New Zealand lets you do this). It is turning out to be surprisingly difficult.
It's not so much that I think Big (or little) brother is out to get me, is that I'm not comfortable with Joe Random employee having access to my personal information.