Cloud computing and open source face-off

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I don't believe that prices will come down and really don't believe that long term costs of moving to cloud will pay off.
The cloud businesses are "For Profit" companies. They will charge the most amount of money for the lowest possible product. Basically you might get an initial low price for your IT but extras will cost premiums and eventually costs will creep up to the point where customers might get either a just a slight savings or if they aren't paying attention will be paying more. Basically once enough businesses are locked in to the cloud model, you will see a price inflation with excuses that range from "need to provide more bandwidth" to "need to install more infrastructure to support more customers". Companies that are already invested can't get out and so they just suck in the fact they are getting the lowest possible product for the maximum price. Like you do for your banking services and power supply services.

Many people try to compare cloud computing with banking or power companies. However, both of these industries are heavily monitored by the government and each provides a niche service to the vendor corporation. Your companies bank doesn't provide the electricity to turn the lights on.Cloud Companies have the capacity to theoretically own your entire business.

As someone who has tried to get support from the local power company, it is long, painful, and usually ends up escalated to some manager that might have a clue what is going on because the tech doesn't.

Posted by: mr1972   Posted on: 06/15/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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