[ubuntu-za] Interesting Cloud Computing Article

[Douglas Ulyate]

Hi,

Security is my main concern, but you do make a good point about
unencrypted email.  

My concern from an SA perspective is also the high cost of bandwidth and
speeds.  I do see the benefits which can only be good for the Linux
community.

IMHO, cloud computing is still in it's infancy, but can be a great
concept once it's matured enough.

Regards,

Douglas

On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 16:17 +0200, Nic Roets wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
> 
> I didn't hear your discussion on Saturday. Did you say something about
> the high cost of bandwidth in SA ?
> 
> It's a good article. But some applications, like writing a document or
> email can work reasonably well with off-line storage. The largest
> problem I see in South Africa is that people think that storing your
> document in the cloud isn't secure. (And then they send the same
> document over unencrypted email and without even knowing who the ISPs
> are !)
> 
> Even if cloud computing does not take off in South Africa, it will
> still benefit us (the Linux community) greatly: Local businesses will
> no longer see their client base as homogeneous Microsoft users.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Douglas Ulyate <dulyate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Hello All,
>         
>         Was talking about cloud computing at the Pretoria Release
>         Party on Saturday, and about how we are not quite ready for
>         this yet, especially in SA.  This article got my attention, as
>         it is written by a guy in the US, and even his connection
>         proved that we are not ready for it just yet.
>         
>         http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5890236/392519874/237090/0/
>         
>         Regards,
>         
>         Douglas
>         
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