Configuration Systems

Fri Jun 8 14:44:07 UTC 2012

On Thursday, 07 June, 2012 12:52, Owen DeLong observed:

> This is a hard problem to solve. Not the least of the difficulties is 
> the fact that if you ask 50 engineers to define "Cloud", you will get 
> at least 100 definitions many of which are incompatible to the point 
> of mutually exclusive.

That is *the* definition of "Cloud".  The term "Cloud" is a proxy for the expression "under the exclusive control of a third-party over which we have no influence nor control in order to gain plausibile denibility and CYA ptotection if something bad happens".

Eg:

Store you data "in the cloud".
Run a server "in the cloud".
Put your e-mail "in the cloud".
Run your application "in the cloud".

See, 100% accurate!

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