There is an exchange in Through the Looking Glass between Humpty Dumpty and Alice:

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – that’s all.”

And thus it is with Cloud Computing. The question on the table is whether we are to be the master of the Cloud Computing concept and what it means to us as practitioners and/or users or whether we will treat it as magic providing whatever value we have need of during that moment in time.Practical Experiences in Using Cloud Computing