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Guys, hate to tell you this, but "cloud computing" is just the latest IT buzzword. It doesn't have an exact definition, which has allowed every vendor to search their product inventory and declare that some of their products use it (without modification!). In other words, ask 10 IT people what "cloud computing" means, and you're likely to get 11 definitions.

What I've seen discussed so far in this thread is just traditional client-server stuff or thin client (web based). This isn't new. I remember reading articles over ten years ago that declared central web servers would be doing all of our word processing, spreadsheets, etc. in the near future. For a variety of reasons (like loss of control), it never happened.