Another harsh reality-lesson for Cloud Cultists is the spat about the Ning ecosystem evicting a popular widget maker, causing widgetocalypse of many a Ningsite. The issue, from a user viewpoint, was the peremptory nature with which it was done – no warning was given at all.

Quite why is still somewhat unclear, Techrunch reports on the latest shenanigans, but the lesson – again! – is this: To rely on The Cloud as a user, in its current “Wild West” state of lack of structure, cowboy companies, no-fee-no-service mode is nut….inadvisable.

There endeth the Lesson…..