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Sure is leaky. And a cloud is a bunch of water vapour that eventually comes crashing down to earth. I'll never understand how we decided it was a good metaphor for a place we run our services.

Startlingly accurate in this case.



“the cloud” comes from old network diagrams that used cloud to mean “internet” or “unknown network”.

I think “unknown network” definitely accurately captures what hyperscalers are selling. :)


After spending 5 minutes engaging with Product Managers, I am not at all surprised they landed on calling it 'the Cloud'.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnxrJiS5uKU




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