Cloud Computing: The Really New is Sometimes Really Old

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I think that most people believe cloud computing is a relatively new concept. Of course, those in the IT industry have scoffed at all the hype knowing that cloud (or distributed) computing has been around for a few decades. But based on the video below, it seems that the concept of cloud computing (called Polymorphic Computing) has actually been around since the 1950s. This video really brings to light how ideas sometimes take decades to slowly integrate into the fabric of im...