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Well, what if I don't need the "cloud" to run virtual machines? What if I have many "machines" running on my computer, isolated kernels in userspsace? What if I have all the computing power I need at my fingertips, literally? Is that sort of control and transparency not useful? How many more security breaches do we need to see before we acknowledge that delegating our storage and computing needs may not be the wisest option in all cases?

The only thing I expect from the "cloud" is proper routing.

All the rest of the storage and computing can be done at the endpoints. This isn't some revolutionary idea. It's how the internet was originally imagined by Paul Baran.

Endpoints will vary. They will have different needs and capacities to meet them. Some may be even be "services" to which other subscribe. But there's no requirement for ubiquitous middlemen. Everything is not a service that requires a third party.

What's next, TaaS? Thinking as a Service?

The future of software is one of empowerment with less third party involvement.