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		cmiller1 on May 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Creative Cloud outage leaves Adobe users unable to... I disagree in some specific cases. For software that is focused around accessing shared data. Say, ERP, document collaboration, etc. for small businesses that can't afford or don't want dedicated IT staff cloud based software makes a lot of sense.

nitrogen on May 16, 2014 | [–]

It makes a lot of sense iff those businesses lose less money on cloud+ISP downtime than they would spend on IT staff or on-site support from a retail store.

owlmanatt on May 16, 2014 | [–]

What's the point of that? You still need to worry about your own off-cloud backups and a contingency plan for when your vendor goes out of business.

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