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RE: Microsoft Weighs-In (Adobe shifts to subscriptions for software package)
Subject:RE: Microsoft Weighs-In (Adobe shifts to subscriptions for software package) From:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:David Crosswell <davidcrosswell -at- internode -dot- on -dot- net>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 May 2013 12:01:18 -0400
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
-----Original Message-----
From: David Crosswell
On 11/05/13 05:51, Ken Poshedly wrote:
> Basically, isn't just the "cloud" a fancy name for a million or so
> terabyte hard drives in various hard-wired and air conditioned rooms
> scattered all over the world?
>
> Like they say, it's all in how you package / present it.
>
> The question then becomes if one of those hard drive servers crashes,
> will the marketing-types say "the cloud crashed" or "the cloud cleared
> up" or "the cloud rained all its data out in one big storm"?
For most, I think the term `cloud' simply means `obscured by'.
Cheers!
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