[ninefathom]

> To paraphrase Bob Metcalfe, if the browser reduced operating systems to “a poorly debugged set of device drivers”, then the cloud is reducing the dev machine to a poorly debugged set of environment mocks.

A certain breed of application developers love to spout this tripe until the operating system and/or the dev machine and/or the Internet connection don't work. Then queue days of tearful agony and whining to the tune of "I need this to do my job!"