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| Is the IT Pendulum Winding Down? If you've been in IT long enough, you've probably heard someone observe that, for as long as there have been computers, there has been a long, slow pendulum swing between centralized and distributed computing paradigms. From mainframes, to remote terminals, to timesharing, to PCs, to client/server, to mobile devices, to cloud computing -- the pendulum has been easy to discern, though much harder ... Where Are The 'Hackers' Now? In his 1984 book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, author Steven Levy profiled some of the personalities whose work brought PCs to the people, including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Levy discusses his book, recently reissued, and hacker ethics in the Internet age. What is cloud computing? The cloud computing revolution is real. But is it really "a radical new business model that purports to slash technology costs by up to 80%"? Let's check the facts. | ||||||
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