Great post Jim! Richard Stallman is hardly someone I would bank on getting "objective" advice from. Seems he is attacking everyone these days not just cloud computing, Google, Microsoft, but even open source projects. (example: see BSD rants about Stallman. BSD projects can't remove GPL/GNU tools out of their base fast enough). >"The concept of using web-based programs like Google's Gmail is "worse than >stupidity", according to a leading advocate of free software." Stallman would what, rather you host your own Linux/Sendmail mail server and read mail with elm? Many people don't have the skills necessary to do this or people like me who do have the capability but have better things to do with their time. Gmail is a great product and I use it knowing full well Google is mining data from my mail. If I want privacy I encrypt it with GPG (which ironically is a GNU product). Call me stupid but happy. 2008/10/1 Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>: > http://kenzig.blogspot.com/2008/10/gnu-guru-cloud-computing-is-trap.html > Jim Kenzig > Blog: http://www.techblink.com > ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin NEW! Follow Thin List on Twitter! http://twitter.com/thinlist Thin List discussion is now available in blog format at: http://thinmaillist.blogspot.com HOT! Thinlist MOBILE Feed! http://thinlist.net/mobile Thinlist quick pick http://thinlist.net ************************************************