RE: Future of RPG was: Open Access for RPG

I see this discussion of trust and cloud computing, ownership of data and
all... it really piques my interest. Here's the thing I keep looking for
and have yet to find. Same applies to my personal data.

OK, so I go to a trusted company, I sign a contract. Now if they do
something untoward, I have someone to sue. Well, I guess that's some
comfort. But the larger issue is, what if that company is in some territory
where the contract cannot be enforced from your country? What happens if
your contract company is sold into such a country? What if they move the
company into such a country? What protection do you have then?

Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
--
"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
-- Abraham Lincoln

I don't think your being conspiratorial. Google has the most used
search
engine. That's gives them a lot of information which translates into
power. Now with the cloud and other offerings, they will have the
opportunity to increase that position. The question is can they be
trusted
with the ring?

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia/

Blake



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date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07:21 -0500
from: "Bob P. Roche" <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject:

Eventually all computing infrastructure will "disappear", i.e.

integrated into our everyday things.But what not disappears is
software,
and the creation of it.The software market will "explode" (see iPhone).

When the infrastructure "disappears" it will still be there. The data
has
to be stored on a some medium somewhere. What company or companies do
you
trust to hold your companies data and your personal and the data of
everyone else. I agree that it will happen to a point in our private
lives. Also that it will by default push into the business world.

BUT
All that data is valuable, it gives the people in charge of it a lot of
power. That is the part I'm worried about.

I know companies and governments store a lot of data on us now. But if
you

shrink the list of who stores the data to the few
companies(governments?)
running the "clouds", now one group has more then any separate group
had
before.

Hard to believe I'm actually NOT into conspiracy theories. :)