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That they tried to build their own data centers is a red flag. Not because its a bad idea, but I think you need to establish product-market fit for a software p
by tmp_anon_22 4y ago
That they tried to build their own data centers is a red flag. Not because its a bad idea, but I think you need to establish product-market fit for a software product before laying down serious hardware.
- waych 4y agoAgreed, but that isn't a good way to spend a lot of taxpayer money.
- pessimizer 4y agoYou don't have to establish product market fit in order to provide services to your own institutions. It's a great idea to piggyback on your own needs to create services that could be expanded to the general public.
- tmp_anon_22 4y agoOnly if allocating resources to in-house data centers does not take away resources from the product. If you're Google sure throw a 100 people at a project that might get pivoted or axed. It won't matter. But a Government IT initiative? They have to be more efficient.
- freedomben 4y agoYou don't need to establish product-market fit when you have the coercive power of the state. after you build the product, you can mandate the fit.
- EUROCARE 4y agoThis thinking is exactly why this continent is failing in terms of technology.
- cyberpunk 4y agoThey maybe had 100m of ‘free’ hardware kicking around after the failure of Microsoft and Telekom’s German cloud offering…