Danger in Cloud Computing

Linux Insider reports that GNU founder Richard Stallman thinks online software is stupid because it "will ultimately lock users into proprietary and expensive systems that seriously compromise privacy".

As I noted in Should You Manage Money Online or On Your Desktop: Online Software Advantages and Disadvantages, that's definitely a concern, but there's a way around it. Use web-based financial software that lets you download your data to a format like CSV or perhaps QIF, and your data is forever yours to keep.