Comment by wccrawford
15 years ago
I really hate it when people to give arbitrary numbers to things like 'Cloud 2'.
It's still just cloud computing. 'Cloud 2' doesn't actually -mean- anything. It's not a standard. It's not like you can say something is or isn't Cloud 2 by any objective means.
It's marketing speak, and who exactly is he marketing it to? All developers see right through it and know it doesn't mean anything. All clients only care that their products work. What tech they're built on doesn't mean a thing.
I bet the Heroku guys now know what NASA scientists must feel like; Cloud 2 is their Dasani.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/cokesponsored-rover-finds-e...
"Cloud" itself is often misused to the point where it simply means "the Internet".
whois cloud2.com -> DNS01.SALESFORCE.COM :)
The quote came from a press release. He's not talking to developers, he's talking to journalists and shareholders.
What would you call it?