Poll: Cloud computing is the future.

[William Wallace]

Cloud Computing is not the future. The future is the future. Cloud Computing is already here. It's been here for a long time, except they used to call it slightly different things; it's not new, it's not that great. For something to be "the future", it's going to have to be a heckuvalot more awesome than Cloud Computing.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9889947-7.html

http://serverspecs.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/02/cloud-computing-is-the-future-for-data-centers-resistance-is-futile/

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_cloud_computing_is_the_future_of_mobile.php

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102453091

http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/outsourcing/features/article.php/3859956/Grid-Computing-and-the-Future-of-Cloud-Computing.htm

There's like 5 articles with both "Cloud Computing" and "Future" in the title. That must mean that it is the future (journalists always know everything about forever).

 

[Little Duck]

Cloud computing is going to have a market, but like laser disk, nobody cares. And in a world looking to green, I get the feeling connecting to the internet to send a signal several thousand miles is going to be more costly to the environment than simply turning on a local pc. Maybe local clouds, as in one super powered processor with a series of monitors around the house and the games console is a bit of software or a plug in.

 

[manaman]

Really, my level of seriousness is about equal to how plausible cloud computing is as a replacement to the personal computer.

It's a joke.

Cloud computing is where all hardware computations are done server side. Think of it like this, a computer with no hardware. Its internal components would consist of a simplified video output and a network card of some fashion.

Although feasible in the business and corporate world, cloud computing has limited functionality in the home of the individual computer user. With CC, a throng of problems and issues are introduced (internet speed, data privacy and monthly fees come to mind).

All the techno bable-idiots (not just an ad hominem, they are actually idiots) around the world are writing about this brilliant future of cloud computing, where no one will have a pc, but rather everyone will have a little hub and a monitor that they connect to a cloud network with.

My bet is that people will come around and that this "movement" will die before 2011.

See now I believe you are not trolling.

Yeah in a business world it makes sense. Especially if it cuts down on the number of application purchases by a business. Say the company now only has to buy one license special license for unlimited use of the application they need. Rather then having to buy 1000 copies of the application, not to mention the labor to keep all of those machines running, and all the various applications updated on all machines.

Also a heavy investment in the server side pays off with a relatively light investment everywhere else.

An office building connected by wire would also not suffer from the same draw backs as trying to do like over an internet connection. Hell ISPs whine about how they don't have the funds to keep up with bandwidth demand now imagine a future where everyone who plays a game on any device has to do it through a very high resolution video stream.

 

[SlowShootinPete]

Ummm... what? What the heck is cloud computing and why does it matter?

I think it's when computers are all connected on a peer-to-peer network and can share tasks with each other... or some shit.

You mean... the internet... In the same way we've had it for yonks?
My understanding is more like that onlive crap, where something else does something, and you just see the outcome. Well, that's it in a nutshell.

No, I meant like the way torrents work. You connect to a network, and then all the computers can access each other directly or something. Reading files and programs off of each others' drives.

 

[erbkaiser]

Cloud computing is the past, only we called it Dumb Terminals back then.

 

[Naheal]

You're a Wallace. Sure, why not?

 

[joshuaayt]

Dang fangled kids and their Clowed commuting- Did we have any clowed commuting growing up? No, we had to WALK the whole way!
... So, in other words, I've never heard of Cloud Computing, and wish to express my annoyance at the changing of the seasons.

 

[klakkat]

All I can say to this is, you do realize that journalists are lucky if they can distinguish their head from their ass on a regular basis, right? I'm not willing to take their opinion on how to piss, much less the future.

 

[Layz92]

I like having all my info and games stored locally, having hard copies is good.

 

[Arcticflame]

No it isn't. Saying cloud computing is the future is like saying airplanes are the future. No, they are a more recent development applicable to certain scenarios. However cars beat airplanes in a number of other situations.

They don't superscede one another.

 

[DanielDeFig]

Cloud computing is the future, the problem is that decent internet connection is not worldwide yet, and unlike cloud computing there looks like there is no plan to implent it. I like the idea of cloud computing a lot, then i wouldnt have to buy a new comp every 3 years just to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand in graphics and proccesing in computer games. i also like the idea that i can acces my games,videos, pics, etc. from anywhee and dont have to store them on limited hard drives.

The problem with could computing is,as i said above, the net connection. Ive been growing up travelling, moslty in Europe and Africa, and the limitations of internet connection from country to country is Obvoius. Im in Kenya now, and im lucky enough to be ABLE to play MMO's here (Guild Wars, WoW), we coulnt do that during our 4 years in Zambia. It still lags here (different at certain times of day), and sometimes there is simply no connection at all, or so slow we cant even browse. This problem with a lack of worldwide internet connection, makes cloud computing a moot point to many pple, cuz thay may like the idea, but they dont have the net connection to be able to acces it at a regular basis.

Nyway, Ging back to Civilization soon, and staying there, so personally tje only issue for me with more and more things becoming net based, is when i have friends or family ind developing countries, as communication becomes a problem when its based on having a fast and constant net connection.

 

[DazZ.]

The only thing that makes it impossible to be worthwhile for media/gaming at the moment is internet connection.

If there was 0 input lag consistently I'd look into it, but I might have to get over it the same way I did with digital distribution of games. Not owning a computer, just a connection point seems strange to me, but if it means I don't have to upgrade to still get (access to) top quality hardware it might be OK.

I'm not sure if it will be a flop or not until we've got the net speeds for it to work in a way I'm happy with, and that's before I've even touched on downtime issues.[hr]Edit: Why is everyone calling him a troll? Cloud computing has been in the news quite a bit on this very site in the past year or so. It's a well known term for exactly what he's talking about, and it's not another term for the internet...

Just googling would have told you about it, just because you've never heard of it before doesn't mean someone is trolling...

 

[wildpeaks]

Cloud computing's not the future, it's the present

 

[Arachon]

Egh... Cloud computing may very well be the future, but it is not a future I am looking forward to. You use cloud computing, they will look through your system.

 

[William Wallace]

Thank you 12th person who posted, now we can have an idea what the hell the talk is about.

Uhm...... no.

I will wait for a real thread before I decide on this cloud thingy.

So far it sounds made up. I don't trust any links by this guy who started an odd thread.

I can't believe that this board is so uneducated on this topic. My impression was that cloud computing was such common knowledge as the earthquake in Haiti or how the sun revolves around the earth.

All I can say to this is, you do realize that journalists are lucky if they can distinguish their head from their ass on a regular basis, right? I'm not willing to take their opinion on how to piss, much less the future.

I'm glad you think for yourself.

[hr]Edit: Why is everyone calling him a troll? Cloud computing has been in the news quite a bit on this very site in the past year or so. It's a well known term for exactly what he's talking about, and it's not another term for the internet...

Just googling would have told you about it, just because you've never heard of it before doesn't mean someone is trolling...

Thanks - I thought it was pretty common knowledge too.

Low content mock threads aren't very appreciated -Mod

Thank you for your intelligent input on this matter. I appreciate that you've added so much to expand this discussion. Yes - I am mocking you and your abilities to post in my post. You post stealer!

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I believe it is. Maybe not for everything (mobile computing just doesn't have the infrastructure at present). It will be for businesses who have a lot of distributed power, and require scalable systems.

 

[DarkSpectre]

As somebody trying to catch terrorists and other dangerous people I love the idea. It gives us great ability to look at a persons personal data. We no longer have to get the physical computer they are working we just need access to the host servers. Since they would be most likely run by huge companies we could exert a lot of influence to pretty much make those servers open to our inspection when ever we wanted. Great way to track people. The internet is already wide open for our information gathering. Give us access to the information that used to be on hard drives? Epic intelligence gathering coup.

As a citizen that likes liberty, privacy, and abhors big powerful government I am terrified by the idea. I know what the government can know have access to now (did you know that your chats on FB can be monitored or looked back on?)and to letting them have access to your hard drive is just way to big brother for me.