Comments on: Cloud Computing Is Not Bad: It Just Needs Some Openness http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/09/30/cloud-computing-is-not-bad-it-just-needs-some-openness/ Linux news, Ubuntu news, open-source software reviews, and Ubuntu tutorials Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:32:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zaine_ridling http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/09/30/cloud-computing-is-not-bad-it-just-needs-some-openness/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 zaine_ridling Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:19:48 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=759#comment-1499 RMS makes a consistent point; however, he singled out Gmail and Google has yet to give users anything to worry about over the years it has offered Gmail to the public with regard to privacy. A better argument might simply be one of control. Besides, Gmail lets you transfer your data and content to any other source, keeping its promise that users are allowed to take their data with them when they leave and there's no lock-in. RMS makes a consistent point; however, he singled out Gmail and Google has yet to give users anything to worry about over the years it has offered Gmail to the public with regard to privacy. A better argument might simply be one of control. Besides, Gmail lets you transfer your data and content to any other source, keeping its promise that users are allowed to take their data with them when they leave and there’s no lock-in.

]]> By: Mike B http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/09/30/cloud-computing-is-not-bad-it-just-needs-some-openness/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Mike B Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:02:33 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=759#comment-1498 If you follow his logic we should not use the internet because some bad old profit making company has our email and is using non-open source software. Nice job with FOSS but he seems to be growning paranoid. Give him a clean clay tablet and stylus and let him go back to the cave. If you follow his logic we should not use the internet because some bad old profit making company has our email and is using non-open source software.

Nice job with FOSS but he seems to be growning paranoid. Give him a clean clay tablet and stylus and let him go back to the cave.

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