A cautionary view of free cloud services


Lest I be accused of pro-cloud bias, here is a link to a well-written article by Steve Hodgkinson about the dangers of relying too much on free and/or proprietary platforms. Opens Hodgkinson thusly:

“Government agencies are making increasing use of free public web services such as Google Maps and Microsoft Bing Maps for presenting geospatial data and to enable mashups. However, the terms of use of free services differ from those of commercial software and services. Agencies that use free mapping platforms should carefully assess the issues and risks.”

 

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