James Urquhart proposes a Bill of Rights for vendors and buyers of cloud computing services.
I think this is a very intriguing idea, even if it may lack practicality.
The thing I missed in it, though, is that there are several references to "the community." But who and what is "the community?" I believe I understand correctly that he's referring collectively to all the people who use and/or purchase cloud computing services and deliver value-added services based on the same.
But so far I see no reason to call that collection of people and companies a community. A community has shared norms, values, language, history, and/or mythology. A community has ways of establishing and maintaining relationships between members. I don't see that users and purchasers of cloud computing services have enough of those things to be called a community yet.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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Thanks, John. Be sure to check out version 0.2, which was updated to reflect the influence of government and legislation on these "rights". I am planning an update soon to reflect a few new insights. Perhaps you want to suggest an alternative term for community?
And, yes, it is impractical, but I hope it serves as the basis for both political action, and consumer expectations from vendors; the latter often seem to see an opportunity to mine customer data for gold without protecting the customer's interests.
Hi John,
I for one have been working hard on laying the roads that such a community would require, and the first fruit of this labour happens to be a consolidated draft Bill of Rights (aka Ten Commandments) based on the independent efforts of James, Rich and myself.
Cheers,
Sam
Thanks dude. That's great about sharing your thought on Cloud Computing Services. By the way have you heard about Cloudslam 2009 the world's largest and 1st annual and virtual conference on Cloud Computing.
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