Comment Re:Enough already with this "the cloud" BS (Score 1) 153
Sorry the term pisses you off so. I view it as nothing more than a convenient term to cover a set of concepts. I don't think we're in agreement on what it means, however, and I can see how you'd find it irritating to use a new term for something that seems like an old concept to you.
I promise I'll never force you to use the term "cloud computing". But, to say that it's the same as "remote computing" is to say, "I don't know what one of these two terms means". Cloud computing (or whatever you want to call it) brings along with it certain expectations that never existed with "remote computing" of old--things like ssh, VNC, remote desktop, X11, provide none of the qualities that make something a "cloud" service...except possibly, "available everywhere", by some very limited definitions of "available" and "everywhere".