Thoughts on cloud computing?

[Mr Happy]

Come on guys I'm sure most of ye have already far more info on the net that ye think ye already do.

@ chrishdman87:
I wasn't looking form an all Buisness point of view. My main example was College where it's incredibly useful. Who gives a shit if Microsoft have an essay you wrote as you'll be probably publishing it anyway in a thesis if it's any good.

As for the personal "pirated" stuff I don't see this as a problem. As internet speeds increase and everything becomes cheaper nobody will download as much as they do. We'll watch, listen and play way more via streaming. Anyway what sorta hosing do you think it going to store a few hundred gigs of Bluray movies and music anyway. They'll try and charge you if you go uploading that much. How long would that take to upload? Cloud hosting is more geared at small documents you want quick fast access to. I don't see any point in the first place uploading hundreds of gigs of copyrighted material to a personal account that could get you in trouble when it's already uploaded hundreds of times and it's just a matter of downloading it from a warez site.
Think of cloud hosting for stuff like college work, photos, scripts, etc.
Here's another example that's not college related:
imagine quickly throwing a movie of you and your mates at a party up onto it from your iPhone to free up some space while your on holidays that you don't want to put on youtube. Its there later for you to redownload when your at home and do what you want with it.

If you consider more what it can be use for and it's ease and benefits you'll see you will end up using it even if you say you won't. It's basically just an advanced form of email anyway.

Anyone saying they won't upload something small and insignificant to a company because of privacy but has a Facebook account where they have huge friends lists, photos and personal details is being hypocritical.

Mr Happy Reviewed by Mr Happy on 15th Dec 2010. Thoughts on cloud computing? This is sort of a debate type of thingy.. Basically vote what you think is best, or what you would rather have and why. For me I think Cloud computing is a very awful idea. I hate the thought of having all my personal files on another server. I like knowing this drive right next to me has everything I want - All in one place. I dont have to worry about others getting a hold of it (not for the most part - but im not going to get into that that much). I really dont give a shit what OS a Rating: 5

[Webmaster1]

Cloud computing is the future. A game changer. Ultimately replacing software and hardware. In the future we wont need hard drives, all our storage will be online and more secure. If anything your pc/mac hard drive will be your back up. All software will be used as web apps. This is beginning now. And it's why microsoft is scared of google. Even GDrive is happening covertly. Look at recent advancements with gdocs. And see picasa for google deals on buying more storage. Put all the pieces together. It's not an option. It's happening right now.