My query:
Happen to know the history of where the nomenclature for EC2 came from? A guy on AIR-L (internet research list) was asking for historical info about where the 'cloud' terminology came from. Just wondered - and figured you might know who should be getting asked. :-)
My source's response:
It's not so interesting ;) -- it actually started as "utility computing", and it just kind of got named "cloud" because of you know, the visio thing.
So basically, some dude just coined it and I guess it stuck. I would ask Chris Pinkham for the official answer, if you wanted to know who to reach out to.
Hope this helps. It at least validates that you're on a good track and should persevere. (Chris Pinkham is CEO at Nimbula.com, nowadays...) --e On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Elijah Wright <elijah.wright@gmail.com>wrote:
It was "grid computing" before this. And "Beowulf clusters" before that.
I'll ask an Amazon-ite I know if he happens to know where the name "elastic compute cloud" came from for EC2.
best,
--e
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Trevor Croker <tcroker@vt.edu> wrote:
Hello all,
I am currently trying to track down the historical origin of the term "cloud computing." So far, I have only come across speculation that the cloud imagery was used in computer textbooks and slowly adopted into the computing lexicon.
Any suggested resources or guidance would be very much appreciated.
Best, Trevor Croker PhD Candidate in the Science and Technology Studies Program at Virginia Tech _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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