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On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 10:00 +0000, Stroller wrote: |
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> On 29 Jan 2010, at 05:43, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > They got it right for being open to OSS, but they got it wrong with |
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> > the |
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> > word "cloud"... |
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> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman |
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> Seems like Stallman's objections don't apply because the proposal is |
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> that they own their own cloud. |
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I don't think his objections are just related to public vs private. As |
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Neil said, there's the security problem to begin with, where one large |
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government data centre has more data to compromise that a small one... |
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> I.E. the use of the word "cloud" is just buzzwordology to gain |
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> approval & acceptance. |
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... Another problem is the use of the word "cloud" when already we don't |
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know exactly what they mean by it (it sounds like a manager buzz word to |
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me) so they're going to have trouble defining it to themselves, and |
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other govt departments. |
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But the principle still remains that they're handing over locally served |
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(ie maybe a server, maybe a desktop) data to a central "cloud" that will |
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put its own limits on security, size, etc. Not to mention the |
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separation of distance. No matter how good your network link is, it's |
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not as good as your SATA interface! And at the worst of times you may |
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loose not only your data, but your ability to create new data! |
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> One could weigh the pros & cons of using regional data centres for |
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> this, versus a server room in the basement of the individual |
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> government buildings in Swansea (DVLA), Bristol (TV licensing) & |
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> wherever, but I just feel too pessimistic about this today to feel |
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> it's worth it. |
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I'm all for data centres, since they can put massive CPU and storage |
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volumes at the other end of the network link for you to work with |
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(backups, web servers, etc) but it becomes very problematic when you use |
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a web browser to write an office document. |
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> Stroller. |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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I didn't like the play, but I saw it under adverse conditions. The curtain |
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was up. |
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