Comments on: Dell tries to trademark "cloud computing"

Dell is trying to trademark "cloud computing" with no real substance to the claim.

[The_Decider]

I hope they get it, because "cloud computing" is not only an annoying marketing buzzword it isn't going to last long.

It is nothing more than a mainframe model with even more performance, reliability and security issues. 100% hype 0% substance

[samjohnston]

You don't suppose that Dell having applied for this trademark in the first place is a sign of things to come? Go read the Wikipedia definition and see if you can come up with a better moniker for it.

[The_Decider]

M A I N F R A M E

Calling it cloud computing is just a scam to get people to buy into the new term for mainframe.

[samjohnston]

There is indeed some truth in that, however also some key differences. Both use virtualisation extensively. Both centralise processing and use some form of 'dumb terminal'. However mainframes predate the Internet (and can operate independently of it) and from an architecture point of view they are a vertical (and thus limited) solution to the scalability problem - cloud computing is almost always horizontally scaled across many machines.

If nothing else the cloud computing moniker should put an end to the proliferation of 'aaS'y acronyms.

Sam

[techie2479]

What's next? "Web Surfing"? Perhaps "Public Domain"? What a crock.