negative1 said:

Molly said:

The cloud is a giant step backward...

no, it's NOT!

IT'S great for low level, CLI stuff.

text based forms, and data entry.

which is what a lot of it is..

for anything fancy, gui-based,

or data intensive. i can't stand it..

but if you have a superfast network connection,

or something else, it really shouldn't make a

difference.

i have yet to see a video intensive EDITING

(not watching like netflix/hulu/etc) application

that can work through a network or wireless

connection that works right.. i could be wrong

in the future it could get better.

later

-1

Are we discussing the cloud or networks in general?

Networks are great for CLI stuff (e.g., connecting with a terminal emulator via SSH to a big *n*x box -- I do my work like this all the time), but the cloud seems to be a less-rigidly-defined means to deal with "big data".

GUI stuff is, more often than not, nasty over a network. However, X11 does a pretty good job at it, IMO.