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		watty on Oct 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why We Moved Off The Cloud I used to fight it but it's a lost cause. The cloud is officially a buzzword and can be used to describe any hosted solution.

richardw on Oct 28, 2011 [–]

Same. Anything that isn't actually solely nailed down to your own hard drive is now 'cloud'. I think we need to find terms that marketers don't get excited by, and thus won't 'embrace and extend' to fit their needs.

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