From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 25 14:04:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D8D106566C for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 14:04:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6C0C8FC19 for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 14:04:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q4PE4VjW022863; Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q4PE4VWm022860; Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Arthur Chance In-Reply-To: <4FBF8F38.9070300@qeng-ho.org> Message-ID: References: <4FBF3EA9.2000103@esiee.fr> <4FBF8F38.9070300@qeng-ho.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:32 +0200 (CEST) Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: "Cloud" software ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:04:57 -0000 > > With apologies to Joni Mitchell: > > I've looked at clouds from both sides now, > From up and down, and still somehow, > It's cloud illusions I recall, > I really don't know clouds, at all. > > Well, someone had to say it. :-) It summarises the marketing hype perfectly. fashion is quite often deciding factor not just in clothes. Actually it works just the same in IT. What is funny with "cloud computing" (new fashion trend) is that isn't defined at all. most probably marketing people found out that it is not needed to define anything to make people buy....ANYTHING.