The only problem is that companies don't seem to ever learn. Read, in order, Predators Ball, When Genius Failed and The Smartest Guys in the Room. Actually start by reading Oedipus by Sophocles. The upper management of any company seems to get the idea that gravity doesn't affect them. What was particularly ironic about Enron was that the book When Genius Failed was required reading. Maybe they only read the CliffNotes (tm) version, or, just skimmed it looking for dirty bits.
I agree. Here in OK, several of my friends have experienced the joy of frontier living without electricity. And batteries and UPS's are limited. But, they are under my control to a greater extent than the internet and I can build in as much redundancy as I feel I need--i.e., extra batteries, bigger UPS, etc. At the very least, I have the option to gracefully back out of whatever I am doing. I don't see that option with the internet. And, no, I don't trust the providers of internet service software to maintain frequent enough back-ups to allow me to recover when they come back up. Perhaps I am being too paranoid but I really don't trust most of the internet providers. Their focus is, rightly, on their business and bottom-line. That is not necessarily or always congruent with my focus.
"In ten years will we all be running applications via the internet?"
Ah, and we'll have perfect internet service, never any interruptions in services and no security problems?
Thank you, I prefer to have my system in my lap or on my desk. I'll use the internet as one more tool to get my job done but I certainly won't rely on in for critical computing.
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The only problem is that companies don't seem to ever learn. Read, in order, Predators Ball, When Genius Failed and The Smartest Guys in the Room. Actually start by reading Oedipus by Sophocles. The upper management of any company seems to get the idea that gravity doesn't affect them. What was particularly ironic about Enron was that the book When Genius Failed was required reading. Maybe they only read the CliffNotes (tm) version, or, just skimmed it looking for dirty bits.
I agree. Here in OK, several of my friends have experienced the joy of frontier living without electricity. And batteries and UPS's are limited. But, they are under my control to a greater extent than the internet and I can build in as much redundancy as I feel I need--i.e., extra batteries, bigger UPS, etc. At the very least, I have the option to gracefully back out of whatever I am doing. I don't see that option with the internet. And, no, I don't trust the providers of internet service software to maintain frequent enough back-ups to allow me to recover when they come back up. Perhaps I am being too paranoid but I really don't trust most of the internet providers. Their focus is, rightly, on their business and bottom-line. That is not necessarily or always congruent with my focus.
"In ten years will we all be running applications via the internet?" Ah, and we'll have perfect internet service, never any interruptions in services and no security problems? Thank you, I prefer to have my system in my lap or on my desk. I'll use the internet as one more tool to get my job done but I certainly won't rely on in for critical computing.