Working with the cloud makes it environmental friendly, future vision of going green if you are one of those folks.
The idea is that Processing Software and Print-and-paper methods are economically old fashioned, which we need a printer and floppy/CD/USB mediums (Anyone remember using MS Works on MS-DOS / Win 3.1 and the 5.25" floppies? 
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The cloud option relies soley on the internet and syncage, with all our smartphones and tablets, desktops and notebooks these days - it's possible in the future we'll see less and less usage of physical material.
