[Gllug] Cloud computing ( was Re: Linux Petition )

[Tethys]

JLMS writes:

>Well, that is going to change, so better one jumps now into the bandwagon.

That's about the worst possible reason I can think of to make a
technical decision.

>All major companies (Oracle, Microsoft, Red Hat, Amazon)  are pushing
>very decisively  on the direction of cloud nirvana.

Yes, because they see profit there. No other reason. I won't be
doing so because, well, there be dragons.

>The question is: if all your data and communications are properly
>secured (encrypted disks in Red Hat, Solaris work quite well for
>example, and with SSDs and forever more powerful machines the
>traditional technical penalties for encrypting are becoming less of an
>issue), what exactly would be wrong with having your data in the so
>called cloud?

Someone else has your data. Not that they'll be able to get at it
if it's suitably encrypted[1], but they can deny you access to it.
For that reason alone, I won't be putting any of my data in the
cloud now, or for the forseeable future. Or probably ever.

Tet

[1] Although most data in the cloud isn't.
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