The French get serious about Cloud Computing.....

… well at least about the proper translation of the term "Cloud Computing" to French:

A group of French experts had spent 18 months coming up with  "informatique en nuage," which literally means "computing in cloud."

"What? This means nothing to me. I put a 'cloud' of milk in my tea!" exclaimed Jean Saint-Geours, a French writer and member of the  Terminology Commission.

"Send it back and start again," ordered Etienne Guyon, a physics professor on the commission.

The problem was the word "cloud." In French, to be "dans les nuages" – or in the clouds – is a common expression meaning to be  distracted.

"I think we can survive without the term 'cloud computing,'" said physics expert Mr. Guyon, slamming his hand on the table.

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Update on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 2:40PM by Saqib Ali

btw, "cloud computing" in Japanese is "kuroudo konpuutingu" (クラウドコンピューティング)