Cloud computing has disrupted the venture capital industry in a big way. One of the changes can be observed is the reduction of capital expenditures required to start a new business. Where before you needed expensive servers and an army of people to maintain them, now you can call to Amazon Cloud and the problem resolved without fuss.
Periodically, something is trendy: flaring pants, mini skirt, hair in the wind, desktops, notebooks, Windows, Linux, mobile, iPad's, and more. And each time, the broad masses of people adopt the fashionable. Not because they believe in it, need it or because they couldn't live without it. But just to be „cool”.