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Re: Cloud Computing with Octave
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso |
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Re: Cloud Computing with Octave |
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Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:48:54 -0400 |
On 19 October 2012 11:43, George Kousiouris <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 10/19/2012 6:18 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
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> The marketing term "cloud computing" is a bit stupid, not to mention
> nebulous:
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> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
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> I think this is exaggerating things a bit. SaaS is meant as an architectural
> approach and/or computing/programming paradigm/usage. What it has underneath
> may be proprietary or not. Even if you say that it has an open source
This isn't about open source. It's about freedom.
> It all boils down to whether you trust the specific provider.
Yeah, I don't trust Amazon myself. They've proved again and again in
the past that they're happy to snoop on you and they're happy to
delete books you've already bought and happy to attempt to control
devices you've bought from them.
- Jordi G. H.