You know, I've been noticing that the media seems to insist that the benefits of subscription cloud services are "undeniable". And I'm getting really annoyed by it. Not because there are no benefits, there are. But the way they say it, it makes it sound like the local installation does NOT have any benefits. And those who don't understand the differences hear this and it seems like it is gaining momentum.
-superboyac
Well, besides just "doing what they are told", you're on to something I have been noticing too. While Media has always been about promoting stuff, usually they were "somewhat informative" and a buyer could expect to learn something useful from a review.
However this push to the Cloud stuff has a "shrill" air as well as a "shill" air! It's because it's a theme that isn't as clearly in the buyer's court at all. But using the various psych principles, if some buyer sees "all these blogs agreeing" about it, they feel swamped and pushed into it.
But then later if this movement ever breaks, all that hot air just gets put in the museum of obsolete sales pitches and buried.