1. How does hardware and software obsolescence affect your life? Give specific examples of experiences with outdated hardware or software for your life. How did you deal with these situations? What are the benefits and downsides of hardware and software obsolescence for you?

2. Only if you have used cloud services, you may answer this question. Are you using (or have you used) any services offered in the cloud? What are the services and for what purposes have you used them? How was your experience (negative or positive) and why (negative or positive)? Be specific.

3. Research the web for an example of a startup/enterprise using cloud infrastructure. What were the main reasons for choosing a cloud infrastructure? What are the specific cloud services and which company is the cloud service provider(s)? What are their concerns about relying on the public cloud infrastructure? Give the name of the company.