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kahlid74:
There are many types of "Clouds" in the IT world.  To say they are foolish or a gimmick is to not truly understand them all.  Some make sense, some don't.  Cloud processing for MAME would be an interesting idea and based on what can be compartmentalized might work quite well.  The challenge is that older versions of MAME run on low level hardware, which takes away from the most powerful thing you gain in the cloud, processing.  From a business perspective it just doesn't make sense.
DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: kahlid74 on June 16, 2014, 09:42:00 am ---Cloud processing for MAME would be an interesting idea and based on what can be compartmentalized might work quite well.

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Exactly what benefits would grabbing MAME data off "the cloud" serve though?  If MAME can just grab the ROM off a remote server on-demand, isn't that more-or-less the same thing as packaging MAME with the ROMs which is a violation of their license?
pbj:
MAME is an illegal product, the terms in their license are meaningless.  Try calling the police next time you get ripped off in a drug deal.

 :cheers:
DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: pbj on June 16, 2014, 10:17:04 am ---MAME is an illegal product, the terms in their license are meaningless.  Try calling the police next time you get ripped off in a drug deal.

 :cheers:

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Irrelevant - I'm just wondering the benefits considering the MAME devs wouldn't want to contradict themselves by adding a feature that would make the roms ostensibly available to anyone without having to obtain them "legally".  Honest question - there could be benefits I'm not thinking of.
Malenko:
Use the Cloud for MAME? Overkill??? probably so!



sry couldnt resist.
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