On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 3:55:40 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> In article >,
> dsi1yahoo.com says...
> >
> > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 1:36:38 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > dsi10yahoo.com says...
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 10:53:59 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > > > I've at least twice had to have my credit card re-issued due to a
> > > > > data
> > > > > breach somewhere. These weren't even places that I shop online.
> > > > > The cloud is insecure. Really, it is.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Back in the old days, important files were backed up on tapes and stored in a remote location. This still holds true today except that the files are not put on tapes, placed in a vehicle, and driven away.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, they are. That's exactly how my employer handles backups. Ok, not
> > > > > on tape, but to removable hard drives. Then they've moved offsite.
> > > > >
> > > > > > As far as your files that you want to control, it's going to end up in the same place as my father-in-law's backup tapes are - stored in our bedroom or some other dusty, forgotten, place. Eventually, it's going to the dump. Perhaps it'll be dug up a hundred years or more and archaeologists will try to read the data and business of people long dead.
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, I think I'll write a will instructing my executor to shred my hard
> > > > > drive (and my backups) once he's done with it. I have no children or
> > > > > siblings, and I've never even met my one and only first cousin.
> > > > >
> > > > I don't want to get into a discussion about security issues in the
> > > > modern world.
> > >
> > > But you will anyway. It's stronger than you.
> > >
> > > > My point was that young people see cloud computing
> > > > differently than people that grew up with the advent of the age of
> > > > computers. Old folks see computers as a big boxes, young folks will
> > > > see
> > > > it as virtual machines. The cloud is the computer.
> > >
> > > 15 years ago, people predicted that in a couple of years we wouldn't
> > > have software installed on our computers anymore. Need word processing?
> > > Grab a word processing application from the cloud. Need a spreadsheet?
> > > Grab a spreadsheet application from the cloud. Etc, etc. We're 15 years
> > > later and look at us. Not even Notepad comes from the cloud.
> >
> > What you say is most curious. I must be responding to a 16 year old post. Yeah, that's the only reasonable explanation. Rest assured that in 2016 most people will not use desktop client programs and desktop computers. They will use small hand-held devices and programs called "apps" which connects to the internet to do that things that they need to do. I think you will like it when you finally catch up. The future - it's gonna blow your mind!
>
> You still download the app before you use it

I'm responding to you using a Chrome browser window. I don't need to download no stinkin' app. It doesn't matter what computer I use. My son writes his school papers on the web. He don't need no stinkin' Word 20XX whatever desktop client program.

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