[fragsworth]

The cloud isn't dead for end-user applications (e.g. entertainment, video, music, games) but it is completely destroyed for any B2B applications.

Enterprises that are providing services to customers will continue using cloud services for their customers, because they'll probably get the NSA shakedowns anyway.

If you are using cloud services for proprietary development, research, and general employee workflow (e.g. Office 365, Google Docs, Gmail, and similar services) then there's a good chance you're making a big mistake.

[yuhong]

If the data you are storing in them actually matters enough to care about the spying.