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Cloud computing trap

Cath — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:34:12 +0000

Richard Stallman has spoken out about cloud computing and what he believes is a trap aimed at forcing people to buy into proprietary systems.

Cloud computing is basically where you store data online or run your servers via remote. Millions of people now upload personal data such as emails, photographs and, increasingly, their work, to sites owned by companies such as Google.

Stallman sees cloud computing as nothing more than a sales ploy;

“It’s stupidity. It’s worse than stupidity: it’s a marketing hype campaign,”

“One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control,” he said. “It’s just as bad as using a proprietary program. Do your own computing on your own computer with your copy of a freedom-respecting program. If you use a proprietary program or somebody else’s web server, you’re defenceless. You’re putty in the hands of whoever developed that software.”

The Guardian

If we choose to store data online we have to accept that we could lose it at anytime, either through a mistake, hacking or some other disaster.

Insightful and thought provoking stuff from Stallman.

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Free Software in Ethics and Society – Richard Stallman – Manchester 1st May

Chris — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:13:59 +0000

Visit the link below.
Free Software in Ethics and Society – Richard Stallman – Manchester 1st May.

Another excellent presentation by Richard Stallman. Download this one and share it with others.

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RMS Calls to Liberate Cyberspace

Chris — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:43:49 +0000

“Proprietary software is an antisocial practice”.

RMS Calls to Liberate Cyberspace

Henri Poole writes “In an interview with Groklaw’s Sean Daly at GPLv3 Conference in Barcelona, RMS talks with passion about the dangers of DRM. From the article: ‘the point is, we shouldn’t be passive victims! We should decide that it will not happen! And the way we decide that is by activism. We have to do everything possible to make sure that those products are rejected, that they fail, that they give bad reputations to whoever makes them.’ He closed the interview with a far reaching goal for the Free Software Movement: ‘the goal is to liberate everyone in cyberspace.’”

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