www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/03/10 19:24:25

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Mention NIST definition of "cloud computing" and how it fails to match
        common usage.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.157&r2=1.158

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.157
retrieving revision 1.158
diff -u -b -r1.157 -r1.158
--- words-to-avoid.html 10 Mar 2013 06:17:33 -0000      1.157
+++ words-to-avoid.html 10 Mar 2013 19:24:25 -0000      1.158
@@ -177,6 +177,19 @@
 These can be ok under certain circumstances.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+The <a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf";>
+NIST definition of "cloud computing"</a> mentions three scenarios that
+raise different ethical issues: Software as a Service, Platform as a
+Service, and Infrastructure as a Service.  However, that definition
+does not match the common use of the term, since it does not include
+storing data in online services.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The best way to avoid this confusion is not to use the term.
+</p>
+
 <h4 id="Commercial">&ldquo;Commercial&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Please don't use &ldquo;commercial&rdquo; as a synonym for
@@ -800,7 +813,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/03/10 06:17:33 $
+$Date: 2013/03/10 19:24:25 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>