On Jan 1, 7:12 pm, Neil Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cloud computing is mostly about scalability. You do not need to be > concerned so much about low level infrastructure details such as > purchasing servers, configuring and maintaining them, hiring space in > data centres, linking up data centres, etc. It converts a lot of fixed > costs into lower recurring costs so makes it easier for a start up with > limited capital to start operating. > > There are Python libraries for accessing some of the cloud computing > services and you can also host Python application code on some services > that allow code execution. This includes services that can run arbitrary > code on virtual machines such as EC2 and more restricted computational > services like Hadoop which can run Jython. > > Neil
I would say that cloud computing to an implementor or company providing cloud computing is all about scalability and stuff like S3 and EC3. There are other options for this BTW. But to the end user, it's about having your data and applications on a disk served by a network and server that is somewhere out there on the net and accessible from anywhere that you have connectivity. You might travel with a laptop, but generally, when in Hong Kong, you'll be screwed if a chunk of data is sitting on a disk inside a desktop in your home office and isn't on your laptop. With the 'cloud' concept, it wouldn't matter where you are, as long as you have a connection to the internet, you can run the apps and access the data. Issues: and yes, they are big, who has control over the data, is it being backed up and protected, and is your private data being mined without your approval. Oh, and what happens if you use Zoho's system and they go out of business? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
