The Cloud and Distributed Processing

• The real benefit from the cloud is fungible processing.
• If more processing is required more is available.
• A good example of this is multi user video games like World of Warcraft.
• As more users log on, processing requirements rise. In the cloud this is seemless.
• They can turn machines on and off (some automatically) to optimize the use of resources.
• There is some thinking that PCs will stop there rapid increase in power (Moore's Law or a corollary), and that people will just use phones or light clients to access the Web.
• I like having processing on my desk, so I'm somewhat sceptical.