Is VCL cloud computing with a long tail?

“Cloud computing’s unexpected impact on pedagogy is the long tail of software, enhancing the flexibility and scope of software applications in teaching and learning,” explain Sarah Stein and Henry Schaffer, both of NC State University and authors of Cloud with a Long Tail: The VCL in Support of Pedagogy. Their article was published in the May/June 2010 issue of the EDUCAUSE Review.