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Re: RMS - Cloud Computing is a trap/stupid
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John Hasler |
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Re: RMS - Cloud Computing is a trap/stupid |
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Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:23:41 -0500 |
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I wrote:
> Cloud computing does not yet exist. That which is being sold as such is
> really just a form of timesharing.
Alfred M. Szmidt writes:
> It is actually worse, timsharing was sensible, since you still could
> gather your data (you got a shell account).
You don't go back far enough. You didn't move your data from TSO to
Multics except by typing it back in. Even the FORTRAN compilers weren't
compatible.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA