Instead of keeping different copies of the same files in my desktop, laptop, etc. and going thought the pain of syncing them up. I would write a web application to store and access my data from anywhere.
you can even develop a web-hosting service based on this... without the pain of maintaining your own servers/admins, etc.
I can see start-ups using this as an alternative to investing a lot of resources when they do not know how the business will turn out.... So, it is not aimed at individuals really, but small-businesses
While the religion of the inventor might have nothing to do with the invention, surely the society as a whole does. The fact that these early Muslims were brilliant in Math and Astronomy among other things (including religion and Islamic law) is that Islamic ritual demanded such inventions. Otherwise how would the growing Muslim community figure out the direction to Mecca and times of day to perform the 5 daily prayers, and also find places and ways to perform wudu (the cleaning ritual before making these prayers). Also if a society was closed-minded, it would not tolerate new ideas or debate of ideas. You can see Arabs before Islam and after it to realize the influence of the new religion in all aspects of their life. To even further see that, remember the effect of the current cartoons that mock the Prophet of Islam on the Muslim world. Islam is a living thing in the hearts of Muslims that could be used as either a great motivation or a powerful brain-washing tool.r powerful brain-washing tool.
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Instead of keeping different copies of the same files in my desktop, laptop, etc. and going thought the pain of syncing them up. I would write a web application to store and access my data from anywhere. you can even develop a web-hosting service based on this... without the pain of maintaining your own servers/admins, etc. I can see start-ups using this as an alternative to investing a lot of resources when they do not know how the business will turn out.... So, it is not aimed at individuals really, but small-businesses
While the religion of the inventor might have nothing to do with the invention, surely the society as a whole does. The fact that these early Muslims were brilliant in Math and Astronomy among other things (including religion and Islamic law) is that Islamic ritual demanded such inventions. Otherwise how would the growing Muslim community figure out the direction to Mecca and times of day to perform the 5 daily prayers, and also find places and ways to perform wudu (the cleaning ritual before making these prayers). Also if a society was closed-minded, it would not tolerate new ideas or debate of ideas. You can see Arabs before Islam and after it to realize the influence of the new religion in all aspects of their life. To even further see that, remember the effect of the current cartoons that mock the Prophet of Islam on the Muslim world. Islam is a living thing in the hearts of Muslims that could be used as either a great motivation or a powerful brain-washing tool.r powerful brain-washing tool.