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Management-level executives suffer a very special kind of stupid.

One that requires the unshakeable belief in a non-thermodynamic economy.

In their world, free lunches are a thing, magic is real and the Easter Bunny

lays golden eggs. They also have a unique naivetie and gullability that leads

them to believing everything that a salesman says.

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On Sun, 1 May 2022 at 00:09, Brandon <bmw9211@...> wrote:

Oh, I know you actually do end up paying for it.??

But like you said, magic cloud means it must be cheaper there.? Even if it isn't.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 6:37 PM DaZZa <dazzagibbs@...> wrote:

Yes you are. What do you think you're paying for?

My company's bill with AWS runs to about $45k USD - per *month*.

Doing the same work on-prem would cost about $100k USD - per *year*.

Yeah, there'd be some CapEx to set it up - but that's a tax write off anyway?

But executives see the cloud as magic and common sense goes out the windown.

DaZZa

On Sun, 1 May 2022, 1:39 am Brandon, <bmw9211@...> wrote:

The idea behind it is you don't have to pay for servers and floorspace.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 11:27 AM Karen Lewellen <klewellen@...> wrote:

I want a mug like that one!

Honestly, speaking personally, I cannot imagine what purpose cloud

computing actually has? to the individual, other than allowing other

computers to do what you, or your office, or your company can better do on

their own.

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022, DaZZa wrote:

> I've been in IT for 35 years, and the increase in reliance on "the cloud"

> dismays me.

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> I have a mug at work that reads

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> "There is no cloud. It's just someone else's computer"

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> I'm also not in the US - and the complete disregard US government agencies

> seem to take with other people's data - even if they're not US citizens -

> gives me very little trust in the sovereignty of cloud data storage.

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> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022, 3:22 pm SlickRCBD, <slickrcbdalerts@...> wrote:

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>> While it has its usage, I think the way Cloud Storage is being pushed

>> only benefits the companies that are pushing it, to the detriment of the

>> users.

>> Yes, it has its uses, as a backup location, but it should almost never

>> be your primary storage.

>> If it is your primary storage, such as somebody sharing a computer with

>> other people, there should be a backup somewhere more local. Having an

>> on-site server your company owned would be far smarter.

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>> On 4/29/2022 9:55 PM, Icemanau wrote:

>>> My biggest concern with the Cloud is location.

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>>> I'm in Aus and if the cloud servers are in the US, and what I'm working

>>> on is considered to be against the export laws of the US, I could very

>>> well loose all access to it.

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>>> That's on top of all the other problems l can see.

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>>> If you are working from the cloud and your internet goes down due to

>>> some idiot digging up the cables, your screwed until they get fixed.

>>> Tasmania had this happen. Both cables got cut in separate instances on

>>> the same day. End result, Tassie basically shut down until it was up

>> again.

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>>> Ease of access for anyone and everyone with the know how to hack in to

>>> the cloud server.

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>>> What happens if the server location is taken over by hostile forces

>>> (Ukraine anyone?).

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>>> I'm sure that there are lots of other problems with using the cloud that

>>> I haven't listed as well.

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