On 09/07/2011 23:20, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Craig White wrote: >> The reality is that applications are becoming more and more web based >> SAAS and as the costs of specific applications needed on specific >> platforms (ie, Quickbooks) rise, web based SAAS will replace them. The >> point is that for end users, the OS is eventually going to become >> irrelevant. >> > Hm. First wider loss of internet access of something like Power loss in > Japan will wake up most of the people that are now into Cloud based > computing. > > Actually, I think first major Cloud player to be majorly hacked will be a double whammy to kill off the 'cloud' mentality: At least the following two will occur: * Everyone will question the security and privacy of their data in the 'cloud'. * The cloud provider will shut down for a couple of weeks (like the Playstation saga) to investigate what was accessed and how. Can your company afford to be without your apps and data for a couple of weeks, while some hacker organisation has it? I think not. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4320 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110710/c1172839/attachment-0005.p7s>