simplify "cloud" for me please

[Rich_CD]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

If I store my pictures (techinically speaking ) "on a server attached to the internet".... it is far easier, and every bit as accurate, to just say "I am storing my pictures on the internet" or "in the cloud".

Not so. The server would need to be running a "cloud" for that to be true. You could be storing your pictures just on a regular server connected to the internet.

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by Rich_CD

Not so. The server would need to be running a "cloud" for that to be true. You could be storing your pictures just on a regular server connected to the internet.

So you bump a 7 month old thread to post erroneous information?
Please enlighten me then: how do I install a "cloud"? Can you link me to somewhere that I can buy some cloud software please?

Good definition right here:

A cloud service has three distinct characteristics that differentiate it from traditional hosting. It is sold on demand, typically by the minute or the hour (actually disagree with this one: it is usually a monthly access fee);
it is elastic -- a user can have as much or as little of a service as they want at any given time;
and the service is fully managed by the provider (the consumer needs nothing but a personal computer and Internet access).

[TurcoLoco]

Everything will end up in the cloud(s) one day, computers and even us!