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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
JoeD: All of what you posted is true and accurate. Do you really think that is going to matter if something happens to Pottermore and people are not able to get to their downloads? The negative press is going to be huge.
Whether we like it or not, cloud computing is being sold to the public and most people are buying into it hook, line, and sinker. They didn't back up their hard drives on their computer 5 years ago and they are not backing up their stuff on the cloud. If Pottermore were to crash and people could not get to their e-books there will be headlines talking about how poorly the system works and many folks will draw the conclusion that e-books are not safe.
We know it is a silly argument but do you really think what we say and the few comments we are going to post are going to make a world of difference?
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Like it or not, cloud computing has been around for decades, data has always been lost at some point, and when it is lost the people who relied upon it entirely not only do not recieve sympathy...they recieve ridicule.
There is nothing wrong with that because they fully earned and deserve the ridicule. Without it they won't learn from their stupidity.