CIW Community - Get caught in the Web!

For all the talk of "cloud computing" and "software as a Service (Sas)," aren't we really just talking "mainframe 2.0?" Don't get me wrong: I'm a huge fan of cloud computing. It's the future. Our revised CIW Foundations courses assume it as the current computing mode, netbooks and all. But those of us old enough to remember mainframes and terminals should feel better: Cloud computing is back to future, folks. It's a rose by any other name.

Except this time, cloud computing will suck way, way less than mainframes and those wonderful little green screen time sharing terminals. Want to know more? Let me know.

--Tangent

Some interesting cloud computing links to keep you focused on what it's all about:

• Predictions for cloud computing: http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/12/02/ten-cloud-computing-predictions-for-2009.
• A big security issue with cloud computing: http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10133487-240.html.