<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966388.post-8252011145242365540</id><published>2008-10-14T04:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T06:41:15.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Cloud Computing worth it?</title><summary type='text'>In my last post I related that in eWeek magazine (Oct 13, 2008), Jason Brooks asks "Does OpenOffice.org Still Matter?" He's wondering if, given on-line suites, if OpenOffice.org will matter in the future. Yesterday I addressed the quality of the software, but today I'd like to look at the on-line software concept and whether Software-as-a-service (SaaS or "cloud computing") advantages outweigh </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6966388/8252011145242365540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6966388&amp;postID=8252011145242365540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6966388/posts/default/8252011145242365540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6966388/posts/default/8252011145242365540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.cratchit.org/blog/2008/10/is-cloud-computing-worth-it.html' title='Is Cloud Computing worth it?'/><author><name>Dave Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08617556290378317379</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03590998305733267419'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry>