Cloudos. The Advent of the Cloud OS Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D., Kynetx Other Authors in this Series Craig Burton, KuppingerCole Scott David, K&L Gates, LLP Drummond Reed, Respect Network Corp. Doc Searls, The Searls Group April 2012 The Live Web Series sets forth a vision for the future of the Internet and our interactions on it. This paper is the first paper in that series.
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