Re: Dumping the cloud
The Cloud centralises computing and allows greater use of greener energy
so why arent we all just using big-iron timeshare systems, then? THAT centralises EVERYTHING, right?
I think you will find that this level of centralisation actually CREATES inefficiencies (such as a SHIT PILE of JAVASCRIPT on the clients to avoid clogging the cloud servers since they bill by the CPU usage) and we're actually experiencing WORSE overall efficiency as a direct result.
Where a non-cloudy "your server" solution may have simpler PHP and minimal scripting and (typically) smaller bandwidth requirements, a CLOUDY one will (no doubt) waste bandwidth with monolithic CDN-fed javascript libraries [that are unfortunately 'common' {in a computing sense} and typically cached on user's browsers, even after you hit F5 on chrome] so that you can minimize CPU instances and related costs.
yeah, it HAS spawned THE MESS, to be "too cloudy" and "too central". 'More of the same' will NOT fix it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
