Think you're gonna SCREAM if someone else mentions 'the Cloud'? Get used to it... it' ain't goin' away.
The concept of CLOUD COMPUTING, that is, relying on an internet connection for generating and storing all your documents and communications, has been heading toward us now like a herd of thundering turtles. Google Docs was the first public commercially interesting effort at this and now Microsoft is moving to make sure they aren't left behind. So lets take a few lines of text and explore the State of Cloud computing today.
The idea of applications to generate word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents which can be shared over the internet and virtually 'backed up' is a sound idea. People have been talking for many years, maybe 10 or more, about web based applications like Word and Excel over the net. And they're handy, al beit abbreviated in their ability to match the power of PC applications. There are certain limitations to the on-line software that are understandable, given the 'newness' of all this. The level of refinement will advance as the user base grows.
To-date I'm not aware of any Microsoft Access quality relational databases available 'in the Cloud' yet. That'll come, I'm sure. When it does the users in the Cloud will have no limits.
I say "Bring it!"
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