> Cloud providers have hobbled growth by overcharging
Just stop there.
What the author (and I!) want is for my computer on my desk to have a seamless integration with the Cosmic AC in Hyperspace.
The problem is that the transition point costs me money and the amount is generally unknown or unpredictable.
My laptop or desktop have a fixed price and then I get to use them infinitely. Until that becomes true for the cloud, it will always be hamstrung.
(There is a secondary argument that progress in computing has been held up by the fact that UPLOAD speeds basically haven't moved in 20 years--but that's for another day).
To follow up on this, computers are really powerful and I want to work when the net is down or otherwise unavailable. Yeah, I can use the cloud for production work but why must I rely on other resources when developing tools or applications. This is just a cash and time sink…
Just stop there.
What the author (and I!) want is for my computer on my desk to have a seamless integration with the Cosmic AC in Hyperspace.
The problem is that the transition point costs me money and the amount is generally unknown or unpredictable.
My laptop or desktop have a fixed price and then I get to use them infinitely. Until that becomes true for the cloud, it will always be hamstrung.
(There is a secondary argument that progress in computing has been held up by the fact that UPLOAD speeds basically haven't moved in 20 years--but that's for another day).