The hype parade continues. Cloud computing is the answer to almost any problem we’re facing. Yes, even global warming! Cloud Ave has just posted a classic hype fluff post titled Barack Obama and Cloud Computing. It goes a bit over the top trying to show how Obama’s policy are a big plus for cloud computing. Double hype alert! Both are new and show promise but have yet to be put to the test.
All the hype reminds me of the hype Aspect oriented programming (AOP) went through climaxing around 2004. AOP hype reached it peak when Daniel Sabbah, CTO of IBM Software said when speaking about AOP, “It is vital for our survival”. Blink. Cool stuff? Yeah. Really useful in some cases? Yeah? Vital to the survival of a multibillion dollar corporation? Blink. Oh, maybe he just meant programming in general!? Blink. In the end AOP is a useful tool in some specific places, the hype is gone and IBM has moved on to other things being vital for their survival (Blue Cloud?).
The dewpoint has hit and there’s one massive fog bank rolling in. Proceed with caution.
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