@Roger Ramjet:
It's simple - virtual machines sit in MY rack in MY office and write data to MY hard drives. Performance losses on the few VMs I have are negligible 'cuz those servers are low-use anyway. Cloud computing sit in SOMEONE ELSE's rack in SOMEONE ELSE's data center and write data to SOMEONE ELSE's hard drives. Call me a control freak if you want, but it's my ass on the line if something breaks. I can outsource the service, but management will still look at me funny if something happens and their data is missing/leaked/incompatible. Oh, and our internet pipe has gone down every so often, usually for just a few minutes, but you're welcome to answer my phone during that time when users can't access the web-based services we DO use.
Joey
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