How the Cloud Is Changing the Concept of Ownership

Whenever the conversation turns to cloud storage, subscription based pricing for software, or any form of digital distribution, I find myself remembering what life was like in the '80s. Specifically, I recall how I programmed my first computer game. It was saved on an audio cassette tape. Yes, in the early 1980s audio cassettes were a legitimate storage medium for software. The cassette tape, which was once used for both audio and data, is now used for neither. On the audio front, tapes lost the...