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:Stated above, "the fact that most cloud computing would have to be Linux-based by default and pretty much always has been is either obvious to the reader or requires a more detailed explanation, depending on their level of technological literacy." Setting aside for the moment your valid "huh?" about dominance &c, pretty much any statement about Linux would be unobvious to the vast majority of Wikipedia readers. I do agree that the article is filled with jargon and [''insert your post title here''], and does not present cloud computing in a way that even an above-average person can understand. I am working on a project that involves cloud computing and when I finish it, I may try to at least clean up some of the language a bit. [[User:Denisecaruso|Denisecaruso]] ([[User talk:Denisecaruso|talk]]) 06:12, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

== Clearing up clutter in lead ==

I think the lead should just contain a definition of what cloud computing is, and maybe one or two facts related to that definition. I have decided to remove the following section because I think that '''a)''' it clutters up the lead far too much '''b)''' a lot of the facts presented would fit better in other sections, such as History.

{{quote|text=The availability of high-capacity networks, low-cost computers and storage devices as well as the widespread adoption of [[hardware virtualization]], [[service-oriented architecture]] and [[autonomic computing|autonomic]] and [[utility computing]] has led to growth in cloud computing.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-10-15|title=Cloud Computing: Clash of the clouds|work=The Economist|url=http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14637206|access-date=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref name="gartner">{{cite web|title=Gartner Says Cloud Computing Will Be As Influential As E-business|url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=707508|access-date=2010-08-22|publisher=Gartner}}</ref><ref name="really">{{cite web|last=Gruman|first=Galen|date=2008-04-07|title=What cloud computing really means|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031|access-date=2009-06-02|work=[[InfoWorld]]}}</ref> As of 2017, 90% of the public cloud runs a [[Linux distribution|Linux]]-based operating system.<ref name="Linux on Azure" /> Clouds may be limited to a single [[organization]] (enterprise or private clouds<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wang|s2cid=8251298|title=Enterprise cloud service architectures|journal=Information Technology and Management|volume=13|issue=4|pages=445–454|doi=10.1007/s10799-012-0139-4|year=2012}}</ref><ref name="aws.amazon">{{cite web|date=2013-03-19|title=What is Cloud Computing?|url=https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-cloud-computing/|access-date=2013-03-20|work=Amazon Web Services}}</ref>), or be available to multiple organizations (public cloud).}} [[User:Lankyliver|<span style="border:2px solid black;background-color: #ff7583">Lankyliver🧠</span>]] ([[User_talk:Lankyliver|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Lankyliver|contribs]]) 01:27, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

:{{re|Lankyliver}} the lead is now one short paragraph. How do you come by the assessment that a two-paragraph lead is cluttered? That content can certaily be moved to history but it is also acceptable to include a summary of it in the lead. ~[[User:Kvng|Kvng]] ([[User talk:Kvng|talk]]) 14:41, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

:Deleting that paragraph threw out most of the baby with the bathwater, even if the baby was kind of covered in spit-up.

:The first three items in the first sentence, i.e., big fast networks, cheap computers and cheap storage, did not "lead to growth in cloud computing"; cloud computing could not have come to be without them. Nor was it the "widespread adoption" of hardware virtualization et al. that "led to growth ..." That may eventually have been true, but those technologies -- which enabled and were/are the primary characteristics of cloud computing -- had to be developed first. First we develop, then we adopt, then we grow.

:If it were written well, this information would provide a context and framework for the rest of what the article should cover.

:I agree wholeheartedly that the last two sentences should not be in the introductory paragraph, for so many reasons that I will not list them here. Thank you for removing them! [[User:Denisecaruso|Denisecaruso]] ([[User talk:Denisecaruso|talk]]) 06:59, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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