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Taking stock on cloud

Started by brisbourne · 6 months ago

There is a lot of hype around cloud at the moment - so much so that a couple of industry bigwigs have recently felt the need to take the heat out (and if ever there was a time for bursting bubbles, this is it….).
As reported in the Guardian Larry Ellison has criticised the rec ... Continue reading »

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kid mercury
9 months ago

stallman's analysis is incomplete IMO. data portability solves a part of it. the more interesting part IMO is that a governance system to manage what the cloud can and cannot do, as well as the technical standards of data portability, is needed. it will be revolutionary when this happens, but i don't think we'll get there until the global economy gets its revolution (which is gearing up now), as right now funding models are designed too much to try to own the cloud rather than small businesses working together to share the profits it can generate and create value for users.

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rhhfla
9 months ago

Ellison is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. See this post covering Oracle's announcement about an agreement with Amazon Web Services. http://sophisticatedfinance.typepad.com/sophist...

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Andy Warren
9 months ago

Perhaps Larry's just sore because the whole NC (Network Computer) concept never really worked out for Oracle. When you break down Cloud into its core elements how far away is it from the original NC concept? The biggest difference is that its working in a world of much improved connectivity and bandwidth.

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