Stallman on "Cloud Computing" aka GMail

Stallman argues that use of 'cloud computing' at least should be questioned - questioning whether 'cloud computing' is 'a marketing hype campaign'. Quotes Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle as saying that it is "fashion-driven".

Fits in with Clarke's issue relating to privacy clauses. Stallman continues:

"One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control," he said. "It's just as bad as using a proprietary program. Do your own computing on your own computer with your copy of a freedom-respecting program. If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software."

Sorry Roger - I turned off my last mail server last week. CO2 you know - and the hum was driving me nuts.

Negative scenario - people turned off from using on-line applications. Stallman is 55 (according to the above article) - it would be interesting to know how much credibility he has with 'the facebook generation' - gen-y and after.

Positive scenario (for Google) - now I don't have a mail server, so I have a Google habit. Revenue.

Posted to Google.

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