Google| Subject | Re: Adobe's Low hanging .... ? |
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| Date | 07/13/2014 05:26 (07/12/2014 23:26) |
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In article <lprfkg$5nu$1@dont-email.me>, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>wrote:
Mayayanacloud computing is without question, not a fad.
So what I was getting at is that cloud is a fad -- cloud being basically synonymous with online services -- that's being heavily hyped, mostly by companies that are trying to find new profits, and by lapdog media who want to keep their advertisers happy. Cloud has happened in large part because we finally have fast Internet connections, but also because we now have the computer power and software that we need, which has slowed the market. If people are content with their tools they won't buy new ones.
it's the natural progression of today's technology that lets people do things they otherwise could not.
some companies will make money at it and others won't. that's the way the industry works.
The spooks also have an interest in cloud. If everyone conducts their lives through commercial cloud services then government spy beancounters have a very easy job.only if it's not encrypted.
nothing stops the user from encrypting what they upload or choosing a service where encryption is a priority.
So cloud is being oversold for various reasons: The possibility of new markets, of increased software profits, of controlling markets via lock-in, and due to the interests of government surveillance fetishists.no, it's being sold because it lets people do things they otherwise could not.
people *want* the functionality it brings.
But that's not to say that everything cloud is destined to be short-lived. I was trying to emphasize the distinction: The hype as opposed to the actual thing. The media says you want lots of cloud now -- for fun and profit. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Google are all hoping to lock in as many people as possible to as many cloud services as possible, through as many devices as possible. So the tablet fad is also part of that. Companies want to get people stuck in a new kind of pervasive walled garden.tablets aren't a fad, nor are smartphones.
I think the culture at large is in the process of working out what role cloud services have.to an extent.
different companies have different ideas of how things will work.
no one system is going to work for everyone.
however, one thing is certain, the cloud is here to stay.
Maybe the Internet will turn into interactive cable TV where you do most of your daily activities, and you'll have to pick one provider due to incompatibilities. On the other hand, maybe Dropbox and Facebook and Amazon will be gone in 10 years, and as with midi dresses in the 80s, people will wonder what they were thinking in paying so much money for tablets and ebooks.people wonder why people paid so much money for desktops where they were tethered to a desk.
mobile removes that limitation.
The landscape may change in unforseeable ways.to you, everything is unforeseeable.
07/10/2014-
