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Google and IBM to Provide Cloud Computing to Students
John "butter/oreo" Bajana-Bacall writes to tell us that IBM and Google have decided to team up to provide cloud computing resources to participating college students. "Most of the innovation in cloud computing has been led by corporations, but industry executives and computer scientists say a shortage of skills and talent could limit future growth. 'We in academia and the government labs have not kept up with the times,' said Randal E. Bryant, dean of the computer science school at Carnegie Mellon University. 'Universities really need to get on board.' Six universities will be involved in the initiative. They are Carnegie Mellon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Maryland and the University of Washington."
Students to ask what the hell that means.
Many busy contemplating brand new concept: 'clouds of porn.'
on the grounds that the Rolling Stones will sue me and everyone else for the use of the word, cloud.
I got very very hungry afterwards.
industry executives and computer scientists say a shortage of skills and talent could limit future growth
That doesn't seem to have stopped Microsoft.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Does this "Cloud computing" require "Tags" in anyway? I mean were talking "Web 2.0" right, someone did mention this in the "Blogosphere"?!
Either way, as long as this stuff does not run on a "Hypervisor" I don't want anything to do with it!
What does "meta question" in your subject line mean?
-b
myselfmusic