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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy who-does-that-server-really-serv... |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:20:24 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 10/03/22 21:20:24
Modified files:
philosophy : who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
Log message:
Clarify where it said "your data".
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
Patches:
Index: who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- who-does-that-server-really-serve.html 22 Mar 2010 14:36:13 -0000
1.6
+++ who-does-that-server-really-serve.html 22 Mar 2010 21:20:20 -0000
1.7
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
control over computing you do on it, unless it's <em>your</em> server.
The rest would all be SaaS. SaaS always subjects you to the power of
the server operator, and the only remedy is, <em>don't use SaaS</em>!
-Don't use someone else's server to do your own computing on your
-data.</p>
+Don't use someone else's server to do your own computing on data
+provided by you.</p>
<h3>Distinguishing SaaS from Other Network Services</h3>
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@
for minor editing of what you're going to communicate, that is not a
significant issue.</p>
-<p>Services such as search engines collect data and let you examine
-it. Looking through their data isn't your own computing in the usual
-sense, so these services are not SaaS.</p>
+<p>Services such as search engines collect data from around the web
+and let you examine it. Looking through their collection of data
+isn't your own computing in the usual sense, so these services are not
+SaaS.</p>
<p>E-commerce is not SaaS, because the computing isn't solely yours;
rather, it is done jointly for you and another party. So there's no
@@ -225,8 +226,8 @@
<p>Only a small fraction of all web sites do SaaS; most don't raise
the issue. But what should we do about the ones that raise it?</p>
-<p>For the simple case, where you are doing your own computing on your
-own data, the solution is simple: use your own copy of a free software
+<p>For the simple case, where you are doing your own computing on data
+in your own hands, the solution is simple: use your own copy of a free software
application. Do your text editing with your copy of a free text
editor such as GNU Emacs or a free word processor. Do your photo
editing with your copy of free software such as GIMP.</p>
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2010/03/22 14:36:13 $
+$Date: 2010/03/22 21:20:20 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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