[nycbug-talk] Larry Ellison on "Cloud Computing"

[Siobhan Lynch]

Seems like being cynical is a prerequisite for working with unix in  
general - eh?

While I somewhat agree - amazon is still in pioneering territory -  
lots of companies built data rooms in their companies then came Exodus  
and other colocation providers - lots of people built their own  
"grids" or virtual machine computing with hypervisors and such in  
their datacenters - now Amazon is in the same space metaphorically as  
the colo providers - all they need is a decent SLA and a way to  
recover fast.

*shrug*

-Trish

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:52 PM, pete <pete at nomadlogic.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:44:00 -0400, Isaac Levy <ike at lesmuug.org>  
> wrote:
>> On Sep 27, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Pete Wright wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 27, 2008, at 7:32 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think this says a lot. . . I don't think he's the only one asking
>>>> the
>>>> question "what *is* cloud computing?"
>>>>
>>>
>>> isn't it grid computing...oh wait i mean ebusiness on-demand..oh  
>>> wait
>>> i mean it's like when the network *is* the computer.  right?
>>>
>>> i don't know if i'd compare it to the world of women's fashion - but
>>> it is funny how many fundamental concepts keep getting repackaged  
>>> and
>>> re-marketed and recycled every couple of years.
>>
>> "Cloud computing: A catchphrase in puberty"
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/25/cloud_dziuba/
>>
> thanks for making my morning .ike!  i think the quote of the day is  
> a a
> toss up b/w:
> "the Web 2.0 crowd...Javascript all-stars..." (although calling them
> all-stars is a stretch IMHO)
>
> and
>
> "Energy-efficient computers powered by sunshine. This will be an  
> instant
> hit. There will be greenhouse gas output dashboards with neat little  
> Ajax
> widgets. You'll have calculators to figure out how much to pay for  
> carbon
> offsets each month. Don't believe me? Follow the money. "Green"  
> technology
> is the most efficient, modern way to capitalize on liberal guilt."
>
> sad, but probably true - that's a shame...
>
> -p
>
> -- 
> Pete Wright
> pete at nomadlogic.org
> 310.869.9459
>
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