> I have files on my computer from the 1990s and 2000s. If we lived in the cloud-centric world those projects that I did back then would probably be gone forever since I'm not sure I would have kept paying rent on them.
On the other hand, I don't have any of my 90s/2000s projects because I would occasionally lose a hard drive before transferring everything to my new machine, or would occasionally transfer not-everything and then later regret it.
I guess dropbox isn't "the cloud", but I haven't lost anything since I started paying for dropbox when it came out, and things wouldn't just vanish if the rent is not continuously paid.
I sure wouldn't mind more cloud services that improve and add to the local computing experience rather than deliver themselves only through a browser and a web connection.
On the other hand, I don't have any of my 90s/2000s projects because I would occasionally lose a hard drive before transferring everything to my new machine, or would occasionally transfer not-everything and then later regret it.
I guess dropbox isn't "the cloud", but I haven't lost anything since I started paying for dropbox when it came out, and things wouldn't just vanish if the rent is not continuously paid.
I sure wouldn't mind more cloud services that improve and add to the local computing experience rather than deliver themselves only through a browser and a web connection.