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> It didn't seem like a very good idea for us to be keeping records from > the inner sanctum of the corporation on a computer where most everybody > had s
by old-gregg 10y ago
> It didn't seem like a very good idea for us to be keeping records from
> the inner sanctum of the corporation on a computer where most everybody
> had super-user privileges. A call to the PR guy convinced him of the
> wisdom of keeping such things on their own premises. And so the CEO's
> office bought a Unix system.
... and this is exactly how it works today with SaaS subscriptions, except root-privileged people don't even work at the same company and (frequently) aren't as capable as the folks at Bell Labs.
- 0xCMP 10y agoI think something like sandstorm is a good balance between this though. Easy enough to setup and you can use whatever cloud software available for it. The feel of shared-hosting, but the control of self-hosting, all in one easy to use package.
- newsat13 10y agoI do like cloudron better here for self-hosting. To each his own.
- sudhirj 10y agoIsn't that why most smart companies have a self hosted enterprise version as well?
- coldtea 10y agoYou'd be surprised.
- paulddraper 10y agoAWS, Dropbox, Google, and Salesforce being "not smart companies".
- hyperpape 10y agoGoogle, at least, has added a lot of internal controls.
- jamiesonbecker 10y agoIt's how we generate most of our revenue (Userify). Turns out that most people aren't comfortable trusting a third party for their SSH key management (even public keys).
- chris_wot 10y agoWhy do you think Qlik has been so successful?