Molly said:

pittrek said:

Molly said:

The cloud is a giant step backward...

Are you talking about cloud computing or about the crap what companies like Micro$oft call "The cloud" ?

Specifically the idea of "working over the network", running apps remotely with remote data, as opposed to running apps on local computers with local data. That's what home computers were created to get AWAY from.

I agree to a certain extent. There's definitely a place for remote computing (e.g., using a terminal emulator + SSH to login to a remote *n*x machine to do work), but I don't think it makes sense for the majority of the computer-using population.

I do most of my programming on remote UNIX (NetBSD and OpenBSD) machines. What's the benefit? It is: I don't have to do sysadmin work to reap the benefits of a proper *n*x box.