[arachne] Re: What is "cloud computing" ???

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On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:36:39 -0600, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:

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> I agree...but go further back is all...back before the internet, before eve
> n bulletin board services...the first pharmacy "computer" systems were no m
> ore than diskless workstations connected via channel interface over telepho
> ne line to a mainframe.  That was in the late 1970s and early 80s.  This Sa
> S (Software as Service) was expensive as well...over $900 US per month in r
> ent!  So when "stand-alone" pharmacy systems became available, the prices a
> round $20,000 for IBM XT based computers didn't sound all that bad.
> As for backup...I do some, had to recently when AOL shutdown Hometown.  I h
> aven't burned to CD or anything, as I now have the files on 2 hard drives.

I like the idea of plug-in hard drives, as they don't get used until you
actually connect them to do a backup or restore. Under those conditions,
they should last much longer than a permanently fitted HDD.

    
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