[Discuss] What Happens when a cloud service shuts down

[Richard Pieri]

On Jan 21, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
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>> someone (and I apologize if this is OT to the thread) explain to me
>> what exactly the buzzword "cloud computing" means, exactly?
> 
> I'd like to see that explanation myself.

To put it in very charged terms, "cloud computing" is outsourcing hardware and the associated IT staff.  Instead of you purchasing equipment and maintaining it yourself you pay someone else to do it for you under the assumption that it will save you money.

--Rich P.