RE: Future of RPG was: Open Access for RPG

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see this discussion of trust and cloud computing, ownership of data and
all... it really piques my interest.  Here's the thing I keep looking for
and have yet to find.  Same applies to my personal data.

OK, so I go to a trusted company, I sign a contract.  Now if they do
something untoward, I have someone to sue.  Well, I guess that's some
comfort.  But the larger issue is, what if that company is in some territory
where the contract cannot be enforced from your country?  What happens if
your contract company is sold into such a country?  What if they move the
company into such a country?  What protection do you have then?

Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
--
"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
        -- Abraham Lincoln 


> I don't think your being conspiratorial. Google has the most used
> search
> engine. That's gives them a lot of information which translates into
> power. Now with the cloud and other offerings, they will have the
> opportunity to increase that position. The question is can they be
> trusted
> with the ring?
>
> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia/
>
> Blake
>
>
>
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>
> date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07:21 -0500
> from: "Bob P. Roche" <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject:
>
> > > Eventually all computing infrastructure will "disappear", i.e.
> integrated into our everyday things.But what not  disappears is
> software,
> and the creation of it.The software market will "explode" (see iPhone).
>
> When the infrastructure "disappears" it will still be there. The data
> has
> to be stored on a some medium somewhere. What company or companies do
> you
> trust to hold your companies data and your personal and the data of
> everyone else. I agree that it will happen to a point in our private
> lives. Also that it will by default push into the business world.
>
> BUT
> All that data is valuable, it gives the people in charge of it a lot of
> power. That is the part I'm worried about.
>
> I know companies and governments store a lot of data on us now. But if
> you
>
> shrink the list of who stores the data to the few
> companies(governments?)
> running the "clouds", now one group has more then any separate group
> had
> before.
>
> Hard to believe I'm actually NOT into conspiracy theories. :)