Well, Scott, I just don’t know what to tell you. I just built a NAS with 15 TB usable storage that backs up, encrypted, to the cloud. Evidently, I’m not willing to go full out cloud yet. :)
I really get the argument in favour of the cloud. It really is convenient. Just use a ChromeBook and tell me you’re not moved. Look at the services out there for helping you manage and sort all your data, without the ugly hardware investment. It’s clean, beautiful, and probably makes far better economic and environmental sense in the long run. But, however you slice it, you’ve got to trust, and you’ve got to have that nice fat pipe to the Internet. That’s the new normal. Even as a network person (who would presumably benefit a lot from the sale of fast new networking hardware) I find the idea of such inefficiency terrible. We’re making up for our, or the market’s, inability to provide (for whatever reason, be it technical, social, or strategic) reliable, resilient storage by shoving all the data over slow links, making ourselves dependent on those links and the servers behind them, and fundamentally changing the notion of ownership. Ultimately, this discussion will go on and on as long as there are palpable advantages to both sides. Which side you’re on really just depends on where your trust and priorities lie. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
