I do not want all of my data in this mythical cloud... I don't care who own the cloud.   I might be the only one who will want everything out of the cloud.    The cloud (aka the internet) is a good way to share content but not to keep it there as permanent storage.  I use the internet to share <a href="http://gallery.me.com/webpoet73" target="_blank">pictures and movies</a> and even <a href="http://www.mmolenda.com/blog" target="_self">thoughts</a> but there is no way that I want anybody other than me in control of my data.  Perhaps, for online back-up?   Nobody offers 300GB of storage and to upload that much data though even a good broadband connection would take days...

I indulge in using the internet for communication.   I use it for "social networking."   I use it for research.  But all of these things are not things that have to be stored locally or in the cloud.

Funny that at one time, computers were all "client-server."  The computer that one would use were just dumb terminals.  Everything was stored on a server (some sort of mainframe) and then computers became personal (Apple II and IBM PC)... and people kept everything on diskettes which have evolved into large hard disks and optical media.  And now, people in the tech community say that everything will end up on the cloud and we only need these machines (like so-called 'netbooks") that have limited local functionality but full cloud functionality.  I say, "thanks, but no thanks."  Try editing HD video in the cloud... so laughable.

I am going to end up one of the old-farts who refuses to chan