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At my work, we were instructed to treat the word "cloud" the same as you would treat the word "network". It is not a proper noun and doesn't get a capital.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+g -dot- kirsch=f5 -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+g -dot- kirsch=f5 -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:59 AM
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Subject: RE: Standards - cloud computing?
Cloud computing is already such a piece of outrageous hype; I fear that capitalizing it will only puff it up further.
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From: Julie Stickler
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 12:37 PM
To: Tony Chung
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Standards - cloud computing?
Tony,
My TW gut wants to go with the same thing. Thanks!
Follow up question - are we capitalizing Cloud? Do folks considered it a proper name?
I say not. What say you all?
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