Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 17:12:58 +0200 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Cloud" software ? Message-ID: <4FBFA17A.7010906@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <4FBF9BDF.4020208@qeng-ho.org> References: <4FBF3EA9.2000103@esiee.fr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205251514330.22501@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FBF8F38.9070300@qeng-ho.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205251602350.22852@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FBF9356.7040504@esiee.fr> <4FBF9BDF.4020208@qeng-ho.org>
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On 05/25/2012 04:49 PM, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 05/25/12 15:12, Frank Bonnet wrote: >> On 05/25/2012 04:04 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>>> >>>> With apologies to Joni Mitchell: >>>> >>>> I've looked at clouds from both sides now, >>>> From up and down, and still somehow, >>>> It's cloud illusions I recall, >>>> I really don't know clouds, at all. >>>> >>>> Well, someone had to say it. :-) It summarises the marketing hype >>>> perfectly. >>> >>> fashion is quite often deciding factor not just in clothes. Actually >>> it works just the same in IT. What is funny with "cloud computing" >>> (new fashion trend) is that isn't defined at all. most probably >>> marketing people found out that it is not needed to define anything to >>> make people buy....ANYTHING. >> >> Well ... My goal was NOT to start a flame war around the "cloud" term >> ... > > I wasn't flaming, just remarking on the fact that the meaning of > "cloud" depends on the company that is trying to sell you cloud > related products. > >> next time I'll choose better words :-) > > A bit more specific would be useful. > >> we would like to offer to our students and professors >> a kind of private cloud to access/manipulate their personnal data >> from almost anywhere and with almost any devices > > could be taken to mean anything from WebDAV/Dropbox functionality to > Hadoop type processing or data mining. What sort of and how much > "manipulation" is needed? If you answer that it would let us help you > more. Well ... in short I need to let our users ( students + profs ) access and share their data ( living in their UNIX home directories ) The access must be easy and possible from as much devices as possible. Am I clear enough ? ( sorry English is not my native language ...)
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