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Is there any reason to suppose that such "centralised decentralisation" wouldn't end up with a small number of entities managing the centralised control planes
by jsty 7y ago
Is there any reason to suppose that such "centralised decentralisation" wouldn't end up with a small number of entities managing the centralised control planes thanks to economies of scale?
- walterbell 7y agoSince devices can be owned by the user, a range of business relationships are possible. Some data on the user-owned device can have a different legal status than data owned by a central provider. E2E encryption and separation of ownership can exist alongside capital-fueled consolidation of data. It's not necessary for edge devices to "win" against centralization, only that they exist and are sustainably funded. Microsoft, HP and Dell/VMware have device-as-service offerings. There can be many permutations of control planes between local and central, or even regional.
- wmf 7y agoIt would absolutely end up that way but that's OK as long as the "rebels" can still interoperate.