On Tue, 30 Aug 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > I did not realize until I read this article that last Thursday was > the 25th anniversary of Linus posting his first message about linux. > Anywho, this is a really interesting article: > > <http://www.economist.com/news/business/21705849-how-open-source-software-and-cloud-computing-have-set-up-it-industry>
It's time sharing all over again! More seriously, the virtualization of just about every aspect of PC-era computing is proving to be a very disruptive technology. Amazon's services are often expensive compared to the cost of running those services in-house on bare metal -- but once you factor in the costs of leasing space and building out your own data center, they become reasonable. Even if you do have a data center, Amazon is great for off-site testing, quick capacity expansion, etc. -- Paul Heinlein <> [email protected] <> http://www.madboa.com/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
