From a philosophical point of view, I really have no objection to the above. However, most of the above "Rights and Responsibilities" could just as well apply to the IT division of any organization, eh?
I'll admit, if you're company is 10 Developers With Linux Servers, this probably doesnt apply, but if you are Any Large Fortune X00 Organization, how many of the above rights do *you* have? Seriously?
Do *you* retain control/ownership of your own data?
Do *you* get SLAs..?
Do *you* get notifications about changes that affect your services upfront?
etc.
So yes, the above are a pretty good starting point, but I hardly think they have anything to do with Cloud Computing in particular. On the contrary, one should try and get the above from *any* IT organization one has to deal with, whether it be internal, outsourced, Hosted, Cloud, or whatever. And the sad truth is, at *best* you'll get some half-hearted take on the above.
Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya
CTO Aptela, Inc.
http://www.aptela.com
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