On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:55 AM, <openda...@hushmail.com> wrote: > On 10. oktober 2013 at 7:15 AM, "InterNetX - Robert Garrett" > <robert.garr...@internetx.com> wrote: >> >>I just want to know what a cloud is. > > Not really satisfied with the definition at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing, here's my own attempt at one: > > A cloud is a bunch of machines connected into a distributed network, acting > like a single virtual machine but with unlimited speed, memory and bandwidth, > with the possibility of downtime completely eliminated, and where one only > has to pay for the speed, memory and bandwidth one uses. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Virtue: knowing when to put the pitcher of kool-aid down. How many times have I heard the brazen promises of cloud, only to see it not deliver. There's been a few delivers, but it's just technology and is therefore capable of not living up to marketing hype and to being implemented poorly by adopters. I see lots of both. Trends and hype haven't really been as strong in OpenBSD as other OSes, so for cloud I'd probably not be looking at OpenBSD. DS
