Color me unexcited...
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| caitlyn Oct 22, 2012 12:42 PM EDT |
I just can't get excited about (or even interested in) doing all my work or storing personal data in Google's cloud. I don't want my data mined today, thankyouverymuch. For that price I can get an ASUS netbook with Linux preinstalled or else install Linux on any Acer or ASUS netbook sold by the local big box retailers. Pardon me if I don't see this as revolutionary or even a bargain. OTOH, SJVN is getting the usual dose of cr@p from the MS fans who attack him every time he says something positive about a Linux-based system. Some are even accusing him of being on the take from either Samsung or Google. After all, anything other than Windows can't possibly get a positive review, can it? |
| Steven_Rosenber Oct 22, 2012 1:16 PM EDT |
Caitlyn, I share your concerns, and my company is jumping feet first into Google's pool. The convenience, collaborative possibilities and functionality, plus value for money, make Google Apps hard to ignore. Our "core" business will still be done on a specialized CMS tuned to exactly what we do, though even that is being managed by a third-party company via virtualized, co-located hardware. But for all the "secondary" stuff we do, it's going to be Google. They manage it, costs are fixed, and many companies are way, way behind in terms of actually serving users' needs and doing security right. Right now the choice shouldn't be Google cloud apps or local client apps -- it should include an open-source (or many open-source) alternative of cloud-based applications with the kind of collaboration that is possible in Google Apps. |
| JaseP Oct 22, 2012 1:43 PM EDT |
Quoting: Right now the choice shouldn't be Google cloud apps or local client apps --it should include an open-source (or many open-source) alternative of cloud-based applications with the kind of collaboration that is possible in Google Apps. Exactly my view. If Google were (really) smart, they'd put together an enterprise package that put apps powered by their tech onto private company's servers, ... for a modest consulting fee, of course. Like Google calendars, but not the data mining?!?! Run a version of it yourself ... They'd be taking a bite out of IBM & Oracle's book, and a bit out if MS's book, as well. |
| Fettoosh Oct 22, 2012 2:49 PM EDT |
Quoting: If Google were (really) smart, they'd put together an enterprise package that put apps powered by their tech onto private company's servers, As I recall, few years back, Google offered a document indexing server (GSA The Google Search Appliance) that companies could lease a on-site turnkey system for (~$2,500/yr.). I haven't followed up with that and I am not sure if they still offer it. It was to compete with Share Point. There is no reason why they won't do the same for cloud services. |
| caitlyn Oct 22, 2012 3:31 PM EDT |
@Steven: I had a customer who threw out their web server cluster, through out the consultants and admins (myself included) and jumped in feet first to Amazon EC2. Funny,, but the same problems which plagued them on physical harbor plagued them exactly the same way in the Cloud. Poor management is poor management. The cost in the cloud was actually higher than on physical hardware. Then, when Amazon had their famous large scale data loss, they were bitten big time and lost a ton of critical data and found their cloud based backup wasn't worth much either. A lot of good people got fired and they went ahead repeating the same mistakes since the people who were really the problem were still there. The cloud is no panacea and it's one area where I agree completely with RMS: trust others with your data and it isn't your data anymore. It's theirs. Cost savings? Sometimes, yes, but just as often the savings are illusory. |
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