:'''The concept of collaborating on-line is not new'''. Even the predecessor to the Internet (ARPAnet) was developed by the U.S. military in the 60's to make it harder for an adversary to eliminate all nuclear missile site, thus creating the MAD doctrine (Mutually Assured Destruction). In the 70s and 80s, there was a need for nuclear and rocket scientist to collaborate to advance nuclear missile research (since each department needed to see the "big picture" as opposed to only their particular contribution. It just happened to be that these scientists worked in research organizations, universities and colleges, allowing instructors and students to start using those tools such as e-mail, and web-browsers accessing the World Wide Web.

:Computer programmers, since the 70s, connected via computer networks to collaborate when creating software application, with very quick and efficient results. If the new catch-phrase "Working in the Cloud" applies to storing documents and editing them in "cyberspace", then this author has been "Working in the Cloud" since 1998 (long before this term was invented)...

:'''This need to "connect" has now extended from educational institutions into our homes and our everyday lives:'''