This seems to be more of a philosophical stance than an argument based on outcomes.  It&#x27;s also a call to think before knee-jerking &quot;the cloud&quot;.  And I do see the philosophical argument it has merit.  But it does lack a business argument [for service consuming businesses] which will win out in most cases.<p>In other words, in real world usage, the cloud is more dependable and flexible than internal IT infrastructure providers, for most businesses.<p>That said, there is a good philosophical argument against the cloud.