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And that's why Cloud computing isn't all that new. Back to PC's connecting to a Server (sans the 300 baud modem).
Those were interesting times - dropped connections, rewriting pieces of code that weren't saved (not as bad as dropping a stack of punch cards), listening to customers and bosses complain that it's taking too long - just get it done!
Things are more stable now and much, much faster. The underlying issues with a server being the linchpin still exist of course, unless the server is local (even then if the network is the linchpin). and yet ... customers and bosses still complain that it's taking too long :)
We'll see how this round of Centralized computing goes. It's a great concept and offers opportunities anew.