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> The full impact of this incident is much larger than we Initially understood it to be. We believe this event will have long lasting implications on our trust

by high_5 3y ago

> The full impact of this incident is much larger than we Initially understood it to be. We believe this event will have long lasting implications on our trust of the cloud and the core components that support it, above all, the identity layer which is the basic fabric of everything we do in cloud. We must learn from it and improve. How about not putting everything in the cloud for starters. And I think the whole problem is not even the cloud. It's the broken capitalistic economy that in the and always begets monopolies or at least a cartel of a few big companies. Because for the long tail of small businesses it does not make sense to use products and services from the big guys. So, giving more power to the market winners ends up in too-big-to-fail companies. Yet, these big companies only have to make one mistake, one slip up, and the target surface is just too big. It's not a question if, but when such incidents will happen. Only federated services are the answer for the long term survival of society, sacrificing a part of convenience.

bell-cot 3y ago
> It's the broke capitalist economy...always begets monopolies or at least... In computers, "it" is mostly the "nobody every got fired for buying IBM" side of human nature. Business leaders are not techno-geeks, dreaming of bigger and better federated services. IT is generally a major expense - both on their bottom lines, and in the amount of time & grief they have to spend learning & deciding about and fighting with computer sh*t. Metaphor: If the weather is iffy, and they still decide to fly on Microsoft Airlines...well, they'll have plenty of company and sympathy when the flight gets canceled and they're late. Vs. if you're the maverick who takes the train - then the whole extra load of figuring out train schedules and stations and stuff is on you (vs. "everybody knows" about air travel). And anything going wrong with the train (when Microsoft Air gets there okay) makes you stick out like a steaming pile on the kitchen floor.
- high_5 3y ago
  > IT is generally a major expense - both on their bottom lines, and in the amount of time & grief they have to spend learning & deciding about and fighting with computer sh*t. Certainly! Yet, just when people muscle memorized Office 2003 by 2007, Microsoft pulled the rug and introduced Ribbon. And people still use .doc insted of .docx for loads of stuff!
- mistrial9 3y ago
  no, companies that pass certain financial thresholds get access to capital on very different terms. Access to capital, when managed well, is opportunity to build countless "moats" and take advantage of low-profit long-term market changes. As a small business who has to pay real bills each month or fail, there is no contest. source-- actual small tech business experience in the USA

by high_5 3y ago

bell-cot 3y ago

> It's the broke capitalist economy...always begets monopolies or at least... In computers, "it" is mostly the "nobody every got fired for buying IBM" side of human nature. Business leaders are not techno-geeks, dreaming of bigger and better federated services. IT is generally a major expense - both on their bottom lines, and in the amount of time & grief they have to spend learning & deciding about and fighting with computer sh*t. Metaphor: If the weather is iffy, and they still decide to fly on Microsoft Airlines...well, they'll have plenty of company and sympathy when the flight gets canceled and they're late. Vs. if you're the maverick who takes the train - then the whole extra load of figuring out train schedules and stations and stuff is on you (vs. "everybody knows" about air travel). And anything going wrong with the train (when Microsoft Air gets there okay) makes you stick out like a steaming pile on the kitchen floor.

high_5 3y ago
> IT is generally a major expense - both on their bottom lines, and in the amount of time & grief they have to spend learning & deciding about and fighting with computer sh*t. Certainly! Yet, just when people muscle memorized Office 2003 by 2007, Microsoft pulled the rug and introduced Ribbon. And people still use .doc insted of .docx for loads of stuff!
mistrial9 3y ago
no, companies that pass certain financial thresholds get access to capital on very different terms. Access to capital, when managed well, is opportunity to build countless "moats" and take advantage of low-profit long-term market changes. As a small business who has to pay real bills each month or fail, there is no contest. source-- actual small tech business experience in the USA