We already have a good, properly secured backup system that we use for all our workstations and servers. We just want to be able to export data from any mobile devices we use and manage that data using the same policies and tools. In most cases, that is straightforward. The one big exception is the iOS devices.

And this is the same myopic geek viewpoint that came out with the iPod “Less space than the Nomad. No wireless lame.”

Do you actually believe that most people have a good backup solution at all? Is that really what you are suggesting for a general backup solution?

That’s just like when DropBox was introduced and people on HN came up with a convoluted Rube Goldberg solution that they could do themselves.

I'm saying that iCloud isn't properly encrypted, which for some people and organisations will be a problem, and that it is then a greater problem for those people and organisations that it is unusually difficult to transfer data between iOS devices and other systems through other means because of the inhibiting choices that Apple has made.

It's much like the argument that the default behaviour for consumer software should normally be to install security updates automatically, but installation of updates should still be configurable for those who do know what they're doing and need more control over their systems.

I doubt many businesses are using iWorks with iCloud.