[arachne] Re: What is "cloud computing" ???
- From: "Sam Ewalt" <ewalt@xxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:58:57 -0500 (EST)
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Sam Ewalt
On Fri, December 12, 2008 7:29 pm, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
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> Sam, Wiz, Ron,
>
> I don't understand why it is tauted as a
> new concept. It is very similar to my shell
> account with GDFN. It's just spread over
> more computers which I'm not sure really
> makes it any better. That's the way computer-
> ization started only using mainframe computers.
> Sure, now the power computer can be anywhere
> on earth or outer space but does that really make
> it any better. Of course, it can mean more people
> connected with cheaper equipment to accomplish
> their tasks. <ggg>
>
> Eric
>
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:04:40 -0500 (EST) "Sam Ewalt" <ewalt@xxxxxxxx>
> writes:
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>> On Fri, December 12, 2008 3:06 pm, Ron Clarke wrote:
>> Maybe not to you, but it matters to me.
>> >
>> > What is still fresh in my mind is the fire in a server farm in
>> Dallas
>> > Texas. That server farm hosted web domains, including both of
>> mine. I
>> > lost nothing, but others were not so lucky. My domains are now
>> hosted
>> > in Sydney, Australia.
>> >
>> > Now, what if I had had my business records there as well ?
>>
>>
>> Well, business records ought to be in more than one "place", that's
>> for sure. You think Sydney is safer than Dallas? Depends on your
>> luck.
>>
>> Certainly business documents and works in progress ought to be in
>> more places than a vulnerable laptop being carried around the world
>> by business travel.
>>
>> I am uneasy myself about Google. Gmail is wildly popular now. At
>> least
>> half of the new email addresses I ran across are Gmail. It's a robust
>> application, but you have to put up with advertising and it's not
>> secure.
>>
>> There is no real privacy on the internet.
>>
>> I've always liked the concept of remote computing, but, as you point
>> out there are problems with security and control.
>>
>>
>> Sam Ewalt
>>
>>
>> >
>> >> Keep extending this idea. Why does an enterprise need its own
>> >> servers as long as service is available?
>> >
>> > To ensure that all the important stuff is safe from mishap, and
>> is
>> > backed up properly and regularly.
>> > And that my confidential stuff is not so vulnerable to either
>> hackers
>> > (including government agencies) or corrupted server-farm employees.
>> >
>> >> Services don't need to reside in a location. They just need to
>> >> exist and be locatable. They can float through the cloud like
>> >> ideas float through our brains.
>> >
>> > If you want "cloud" functionality for Arachne - you already
>> have it.
>> > Read the documents on "netdos".
>> > See: arachne\doc\netdos.htm for Michael Polak's original
>> explanation.
>> >
>> > Not a lot of applications available yet, just proof of concept,
>> but it
>> > DOES work.
>> > See: http://www.ausreg.com/netdos/netdos.htm
>> >
>> > If there are favourite single-executable DOS programs that
>> anyone would
>> > like hosted in an "Arachne cloud", speak up ! Ya never know what
>> is
>> > possible until ya try. :)
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Ron
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ron Clarke
>> > AUSREG Consultancy http://www.ausreg.com
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