* -----Original Message----- * From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On * Behalf Of geoff * Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 5:35 AM * To: 'ProFox Email List' * Subject: RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8 * * Im with you. I don't get why I would want to put my data on someone else's * server and subject to the speed and availability of my internet access. Like so * many new technologies I think it is totally oversold. It has its place - but not * for many if not most businesses - once they get over the hype. * * -----Original Message----- * From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On * Behalf Of Allen * Sent: Friday, 16 September 2011 5:59 PM * To: profox@leafe.com * Subject: RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8 * * Am I missing something with cloud computing? I see it as a way for google, * microsoft and the like to get your data and for governments to watch what * you're up to. This is just putting all your confidential documents on a server, * someone else's server? * Al * * -----Original Message----- * * The real action for Microsoft might come from its improved Window Server * 8 OS, which should give commercial versions of Linux and Unix OS(s) like * Redhat, SUSE, and Macs running osX more competition. Window Server 8 * also targets VMware and other proprietary offerings from * hardware/software giants like IBM and HP. It will also compete with third * parties that offer cloud computing; because, it offers the cloud within an * enterprise.
While it may be true that Orwell's big brother may be in the making, there are other possibilities, surely. I participated in the development and setup of a cloud computing project for NYS OTDA agency, before "cloud computing" became a fancy term. This project, while it changed the programming language, allowed extraordinary efficiencies. Reporting and billing for services provided by about 30 agencies from Buffalo to Binghamton and NYC used to be made on the basis of 3.5" disks with data generated by over 30 customized stand-alone VFP programs that I had to review and integrate, as well as to crosscheck with their contracts and approve or disapprove their billing requests. The "cloud computing" mode allowed each of these agencies to do all their reporting and billing, and allowed the review of the reports and their billing requests, totally online. In addition, some of those agencies had subcontractors themselves, therefore the new "cloud computing" had to accommodate the subcontractor reporting and billing as well. A long story to make a point, sorry about that. Oh, I was not the programmer, nor developer, I just made sure the business rules were implemented properly by getting input from my bureau's contract and administration people. PabloSr Dios te bendiga. Be well. Stay strong!!! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/005501cc7488$8b881f70$a2985e50$@nycap.rr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
