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apelapanyesterday at 12:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

Cloud always means "somebody else's computer".


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fulafelyesterday at 2:42 PM

If only. But it can also mean your own computers ("private cloud").

Sammiyesterday at 2:00 PM

Even that isn't generic and broad enough. I've noticed so many people mean SaaS when they say cloud. That isn't even a hardware or server or infrastructure meaning. It's referring to a whole cohesive IT product that you subscribe to.

Actually I'd say "cloud" says more about the business model than it says about the actual product.