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Why Cloud Storage Is Lousy For Enterprises (and Individuals)
storagedude points to this article at Enterprise Storage Forum which argues that cloud-based storage options have fatal limitations for both businesses and individuals: "The article makes the argument that high volumes of data and bandwidth limitations make external cloud storage all but useless for enterprises because it could take months to restore the data in a disaster. It also appears to be a consumer problem — the author spent three months replicating 1TB of home data via cable modem to an online backup service." Seems like those off-site incremental storage firms could dispatch a station wagon full of tapes, for enough money. Update: Here's another reason, for Sidekick users: reader 1ini was one of several to point out an alert from T-Mobile that "...personal information stored on your device — such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos — that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger."
They think it's the safe choice--deluded fools! Personally, the last time I made that choice was 1998. They just have such a long track record of screwing stuff up. My company just switched all developers to Macs, by the way. Eventually, everybody will have gotten the message that Smart People Don't Choose Microsoft...