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May 7, 2008 8:31 PM PDT

Defining cloud computing

Posted by Dan Farber

Ask a dozen people what "cloud computing" means and you'll get a dozen different answers, all pointing to the network. Rob Boothby of Joyent interviewed more than a dozen technology wonks, including Steve Gillmor, Matt Mullenweg, Tim O'Reilly, Kevin Marks, Rafe Needleman, Stowe Boyd, Brian Solis and myself, at the Web 2.0 Expo, to answer the question, "What is Cloud Computing ?"

Check out the responses in this video:

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by AaronRowe May 7, 2008 10:43 PM PDT
That video is brilliant. Asking lots of experts the same broad question and getting a bunch of very different answers is such a great way to create thought provoking content. My favorite answer came from O'Riley.
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by AaronRowe May 7, 2008 10:43 PM PDT
That video is brilliant. Asking lots of experts the same broad question and getting a bunch of very different answers is such a great way to create thought provoking content. My favorite answer came from O'Riley.
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by Frank Mlinar May 8, 2008 2:28 AM PDT
A published transcript would be helpful for those of us that are hard of hearing.
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by Norseman May 8, 2008 6:57 AM PDT
So. Cloud = internet. OK. I get it.
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by Norseman May 8, 2008 7:42 AM PDT
Excuse the multiple posts. The "new, improved" system tripped me up!
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by kwatson49 May 8, 2008 9:57 AM PDT
Love this video. Cloud Computing to me is running my business with my laptop, on the beach in Mexico, beer in hand and not stressing about keeping the lights on!
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by Tony McCune May 11, 2008 5:06 AM PDT
I recently took a stab at defining what cloud computing is not: http://tmccune.blogspot.com/2008/04/stop-meshing-with-cloud-computing.html
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