Cloud – Are we asking for a major trouble?
Do you remember recent electricity crisis led several Indian
states in the dark for several days? Do you ever wonder why that happened? Answer
is simple. The northern grid that connects several states failed.
Do you remember recent Amazon cloud service failed that let
down several major websites for hours including twitter?
In a recent interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has
said he expects horrible problems to crop up in the next five years as
cloud-based computing takes hold. "I really worry about everything going
to the cloud. I think it's going to be horrendous. I think there are going to
be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years," Wozniak said.
"With the cloud, you don't own anything. You already
signed it away through the legalistic terms of service with a cloud provider
that computer users must agree to," News.com.au quoted Wozniak, as saying.
I agree with Steve here. This is what happens when you rely
on just a few sources and have no control over it. This is what it may lead us to someday
if everything is stored in the cloud. We will have no control over our data.
Today, if I do not have Internet, I find myself handicapped.
I can't even work. All resources are on the Web.