Virtualisation Toolkit
Story: Why virtualisation is struggling to keep up
Ah....isn't it obvious?
Today when you don't pay your phone bill or your TV bill or practically any kind of bill, the provider 1st threatens you to pay or subsequently ends your ‘subscription’ and turns you off.
In the case of Virtualization, where all your information (comms, contacts, favorites, data, etc etc) is stored on a provider's hard drive, if you don't pay then they'll threaten you with lockout, then with deletion. Though when you think about it, they'll probably never delete your data - just charge you a small fortune to get it back! Just think of the opportunity for pawn brokers or infopawners as they’ll be known.
The obvious part is this: we are moving from a mass consumer model to a controlled consumer model and in so doing, certain materials will be incrementally removed from the reach of the general public. For those who can afford the slick and hugely expensive technology devices of tomorrow, life will be sweet. For the rest who can't, they’ll be 'leasing' devices and dataspace from 'Virtual Commodity Traders' or VCT's.
In this context, when you don't pay your bill (or provide the appropriate amount of DigiCredits) then providers will potentially, by law, have the option to delete your data repository, sell it back to you or (gulp) even trade it!
Mark my words folks, the future is transpiring at a rate faster than you think and with it will come a plethora changes not openly expressed or explored here nor in many other forums of repute.
To this end, Kubrick's title 'Eyes Wide Shut' may have actually had a deeper meaning afterall.
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