On: Security Breach at US Universities

[yarcob]

> a cloud is a necessity

For whom? It's a necessity for software vendors, because they finally have an easy and straightforward way to bill per user.

Nobody needs a cloud based solution, running software on a local machine is a perfectly workable solution.

[kevingadd → yarcob]

> Nobody needs a cloud based solution, running software on a local machine is a perfectly workable solution.

Except people who want to collaborate on the internet?

[rnotaro → kevingadd]

A private corporate internal cloud or internet-faced services doesn't prevent access from the internet.

[_dax6 → kevingadd]

Just because the server isn't hosted by Microsoft doesn't mean it's inaccessible from the internet...

[Applejinx → kevingadd]

Used to use this thing back in the day called FTP. Oh, and Usenet! :)

[watwut → Applejinx]

I don't think FTP is acceptable equivalent.