I have now received my 200th email entitled “Demystifying Cloud Computing.” This one is from InfoWorld, but I have gotten them from just about every media outlet there is. This has got to stop.

People, it is not a mystery any more! If you are still “mystified” by cloud computing, you probably need to consider an alternate line of work that does not generate new ideas at the aggressive rate of one every decade.

Let’s get this over with.

Q: What is cloud computing? A: It is other people taking care of shit for you on the Web.

Maybe it’s running a data center, maybe it’s storing your files, maybe it’s running your ERP system or email system. It’s, like, stuff you would do, but you are paying someone else to do it better instead, on demand.

Maybe there’s “scaling,” or “utility billing,” or “REST APIs” involved, maybe not. Ask a grownup.

There, consider yourself demystified. You may now go get some of the green paper out of your parents’ wallet and mail it to me.