content: The cloud hype. What do you think? Everywhere you see, cloud solutions is sold as the next hottest thing in town. However, I date back from a time where mainframes were being replaced by PC's. Freedom from the chains of permanent connection. Then came the Thin Clients hype. Everything processed on a server and low cost PC's. (And failed) Later you had the web-forms hype, everything as a HTML page, that would replace all modern software. (And failed) Now this cloud hype. I predict that it is going to fail over the next few years. You can already see the cracks, Microsoft reducing the amount of cloud space you get. Those data-centers costs are more expensive than Microsoft claimed (energy, data transfers, aging hardware, aging power generators, aging batteries, increased operating costs and especially increased costs to fight off the hackers...)