RE: Future of RPG was: Open Access for RPG

Exactly. I agree SaaS and cloud-computing will play a role, but not
everything will go in that direction. How many corporations are going to
blindly trust their data to Google or even their email? Heck, I often
times don't even like using their search engine. Further, the model just
doesn't work in all cases (e.g., manufacturing, plant floors, toll-systems
where a drop in network connection means the end of operation). I'm sure a
number of (smaller) businesses will be willing to outsource their IT to a
service provider, but a lot will keep their operations in house, although
they may indeed move back towards a SaaS (or similar centralized
mainframe/Power Systems IBM i model) in house.

Blake



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message: 4
date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:17:55 -0500
from: "Bob P. Roche" <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Future of RPG was: Open Access for RPG

But "cloud computing" or "utility computing" or "software as a service",
are all the same thing. This was done in the past. Companies couldn't
afford computers and bought time on them. then things got the to point we
could control our own data. I agree that a percentage of the market will
go to Some server farm owned by someone else, But with the security
problems, and rules governing how data must be controlled. Some companies
are still going to find it easier (safer) to keep that control themselves.

They already have the infrastructure so why throw it away and trust
someone else with your companies private information.

You said "learn from history don't repeat it." But, whatever you want to
call cloud computing, it's still just buying time on someone else's
machine. Looking back in history, it's been done, should we repeat it?