All those local eggs are indeed a recipe for disaster. Disaster recovery and business continuity are required components of any system, personal or business.

But I don’t think we have an argument. I was not arguing for or against cloud computing, my thesis was that this type of computing can generate TONS of additional data, not the least of which is sheer replication of data.

And your excellent, as usual, blog entry does not contradict what I’ve said above. Some TYPES of data are better served being on the Internet: calendar, contacts, and email all benefit from ubiquitous access. And you and I use the same brand of off site backup technology — Mozy.

Yesterday’s failure of the Google Apps Engine argues to your point, but I don’t disagree with it. Some applications, and some data require local access and manipulation.

But if you’ve got all your eggs locally, whoa be the day of a natural disaster.

In the words of George Santayana, Harvard philosopher and poet:

“Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.”