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> The situation is analogous to a century ago, when electricity became an essential input You can do nearly everything "the computing cloud" offers without it
by eole666 5y ago
> The situation is analogous to a century ago, when electricity became an essential input
You can do nearly everything "the computing cloud" offers without it : just use servers, install your services on it, manage it, invest in more servers/ more powerfull servers if needed... Cloud computing is not a brand new invention, it's just delegating the server and services management to others...
Whereas, a century ago, electricity was actually an essential input.
- londons_explore 5y agoIn the future, I can imagine cloud providers offering discounted bandwidth from one AWS customer to another. Then I can imagine SAAS companies offering discounts if your API requests originate from AWS cloud. Maybe even Amazon prime members will get free bandwidth from their home internet connections into and out of AWS. At some point, the whole lot becomes a walled garden, and being outside it is more expensive if you need to use services that are inside.
- rmbyrro 5y agoCost of SaaS or API prices are usually orders of magnitude higher than their infrastructure marginal costs. Although this idea makes practical sense, from a financial standpoint I don't think there will be enough incentive. Bandwidth savings in infra will represent <1% savings relative to the SaaS/API price.
- martincmartin 5y agoCompanies used to run their own electrical generators. That seems analogous to running your own servers.
- mschuster91 5y ago> Companies used to run their own electrical generators. ... and have the staff with experience and resources to keep them running. These days, UPS maintenance is sourced out to the cheapest bidder and testing is infrequent, with the predictable result of shit hitting the fan at the exactly worst time.