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Old 2010-07-30, 21:41   Link #4040
MeoTwister5
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Originally Posted by Vexx View Post
Bingo! "Cloud computing" is essentially a marketing term and a "pointy-headed boss" term. I'd bet 90% of the people you see using it really have no idea what it means without waving their arms about magical invisible assets that they hope aren't in their budget.

People who remember networks made up of smart terminals (e.g. X terminals) and server clusters where apps and data reside chuckle into their beer steins when someone says "cloud computing".
Heh. Dilbert reference. Heh.
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