I (Almost) Live in the Cloud

Yeah, it's nice to get rid of baggage, but I think the fees per year for cloud services would take you well past the cost of 3 portable hard drives. -would be cool if it was cheaper...

One issue that is never addressed within the cloud community is the fact that the service provider can "upgrade" the applications any time. One of the biggest issues for me when adopting a new software package, or upgrading from an older package, is the learning curve required, and the fact that one may have to jump through hoops to get everything working together again. Were I to rely on the cloud for my really critical apps, then there is the possibility that each time I wanted to access them, I may have to re-learn the interface, or learn a whole new interface. I prefer having more control over my tools than that...