The Cloud is Expected to Replace the Role of the PC by 2014

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The only people spreading this nonsense have a monetary interest in the technologies associated with the cloud. I wish they would stop trying to mask their marketing campaign under the guise of prophetic technophiles. Just come out and admit that you represent the data centers and communications companies that stand to make trillions if they can have your data streams. My guess is that the same connectivity that enables cloud technology will be the technologies undoing.
 
I can imagine people supporting a technology that allows for storage of immense amounts of compartmentalized data, that can be embedded on our person, or worn, or carried (completely up to the user), and encrypted with the highest levels of biometric security, with tiered self created passwords. It will interface with all manners of devices and high speed networks, and in this way replace the need for a centralized cloud. This is far more likely in my mind. Humans are protective of their data. You would never be at the mercy of your ISP to access your data.
 
this guy predicts like a stock broker.
how many of us have cloud voice mail? i don't
how is that megaupload cloud working out?
how was that sony cloud doing when it was offline for weeks?
the cloud is having a terrible day today so much lag and disconnecting.
how is that cloud gaming working out? that is the best forecasting tool for predicting the future.
that and how is accessing that cloud once you leave your home area/country? ya those out of area fees are the best prediction of cloud and at $26,000 a movie cloud access while on vacation or traveling as most people are finding out, cloud is the worst possible choice you can ever possibly pick.
how is that cloud going to fly with ISP's and their monthly caps.
cloud is never even going to make it off the ground, infact, they might as well call 'cloud' 'hell'
 
I keep my stuff on my on local server that I can access anywhere. "The Cloud" is nothing more than a marketing term for private file storage server space. The originators must have gotten the marketing gimmick from Apple tactics...take something that already exists and slap a new marketing trademark on it and sell it to the ignorant...
 
I'm managing implementation for a couple of Dr.'s office to a medical records cloud app. For the user side its an administrative nightmare. I know businesses want people to use their vanilla, one size fits all cloud apps but in the real world its a lot of hassle to go to a cloud system. I feel bad for the account manager for the software company because I'm constantly on the phone with them ironing out specifics. I'm with most of the opinions on this comment thread. Cloud is a great addition to the pc programs but it will never replace it.
 
These analysts are the same ones that predicted we'd all be owning flying, nuclear/solar powered vehicles by 2010.
 
[citation][nom]obiown77[/nom]HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! w/eWhen I hear the term cloud, I also hear the term monthly fee's and corporate control.no ....thanks.[/citation]


Very true, very true...

Not enough positives to rate you up.
 
"Cloud computing" won't become mainstream until broadband is as accessible as dialup and laws are passed and thoroughly enforced to protect the user and their stored data. Of course, since we all know how greedy ISP's can be...especially in regards to wireless data plans..... It's unlikely "cloud computing" will ever truly go mainstream in the next decade.

[citation][nom]obiown77[/nom]HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! w/eWhen I hear the term cloud, I also hear the term monthly fee's and corporate control.no ....thanks.[/citation]
What about "lack of security" or "theft of data".....or "loss of data"....
 
The Cloud is just another term for DRM. Big companies will use it to ensure there's no piracy of anything and the added bonus is they get to know everything about you and send targeted advertising your way and/or monthly subscriptions.
 
I agree with the comment, I @#$%ing hate how I keep getting told that the cloud (and all the security holes an bullshit charges that go with) is my future. Short of some government official coming and removing my hard drives (and even then they're gonna have a fight on their hands), will I ever store my personal data in the cloud. Just so it can be bought my some corporation with the highest bid. I'm just gonna say it now to go on record, @#$% the cloud and any company that jumps on the bandwagon with wide eyed hopes of raping my wallet to access my data.
 
[citation][nom]__-_-_-__[/nom]Yet I don't or will use anykind of cloud service.[/citation]
I use cloud services all the time. I use it to sync my google chrome across 5 computers. I use it to listen to Pandora radio. I use it for Netflix (because I rarely watch a movie twice so why pay to own them just to watch them once?). I use the cloud for my e-mail, and for some online backup and file sharing. And all of those services cost a grand $9/mo due to the Netflix subscription, otherwise it would all be free.

Will I ever rely on the cloud for something important? Maybe one day some time in the great future... but not in the next 2 years lol. But at the moment it is a great way to supplement things I own, not replace them.
 
cloud can not exist without a pc on your end to connect with. somewhere, some people got confused and think the computer is used only for internet access, well its a whole lot more. and if people have so much data to where they need to pay to store it online, well then they probably have a bunch of copyrighted games, music and videos, and if thats the case, i dont want some corporation to know what files i have or not.. Fuck Cloud. besides, its too damn fragile,, if the internet went down, you would not have a working computer.. what about gaming? going to assume people wont play games in a few years?
 
How are "Apps" gonna replace "Applications"? I'm pretty sure they're the same thing, only with the connotation that an App is a poorly written tiny bit of software designed to look pretty on a phone or tablet. I'll respect Apps more when things like CPU-Z come as them.
 
Those "analysts" who try to predict stuff are so wrong all the time. How do they manage to keep their jobs ?
I mean, this is so obviously not going to happen (for all the reasons above and more). How can that guy not see it and probably think of himself of an expert ?
 
[citation][nom]orwellswift[/nom]My first reaction is total government/ corporate control over all your data and what you do as an individual. I can also see sometime in the future the government making hard drives illegal forcing us all to use the "Cloud" instead of storing our own property where it belongs, with the user.[/citation]

Extreme scenario for the time being, but i'm sure that governments and corporations are "training" people to accept that, just as they did with other privacy invasive practices (airport scanners, street cameras etc.). It's simply up to the people. Users should actively react to such things. One example, but not the only one, is Sony. They have persuaded their customers to accept that they no longer own what they buy (HW or SW), that buying a console and games is like leasing them, that they need to be online to play etc. Still people flock to buy their consoles. If that stops, if people only support companies when they operate fairly, if they manage to live without certain products for a while, then maybe business practices might change.

They're all for the money... If they're not making enough, they'll do anything to change.
 
Who the fuck are those analysts (excuse my language). Its almost clear to everyone that this is stupid.
First, internet speeds are very bad in many locations of the world, and in some its plain painfull (spain for example).
Internet also has aditional costs. Internet is less safe that a offline PC (sensitive information).
Having a PC for your stuff gives it a feeling that its something tangible; real if you like.
There is a lot of fear to have your stuff out in the open, especially after so much stuff getting hacked.
Finally, having the PC at your had, gives you a lot of personalization posibilities. The cloud will never give you the freedom that your PC gives you, as it has to keep save from possible harmfull programs.
In this case, anything that is considered "harmfull" probably will not be installed, and if it is, where will be the compromise between personalization vs safe?

In other words, Clound is good but not for everything.
 
2014 .... yeah get realistic here poeple. most consumers are already scared of invasion on privacy , hell another tom's article released today was even talking about a FTC bill that would stop companies from tracking users. i doubt people are gonna magically get less paranoid in two years and just trust every thing over to cloud services.
 
Okay boys and girls, does anybody know what the cloud is made of?... That's right Jimmy, vapor!

Verizon's best deal for me, $15 per GB per month. Ha ha ha ha... Stick it where the sun don't shine (I'll be polite and leave out the expletive).
 
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