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Stallman wrong on Cloud Computing
Posted by: Dmitry Sotnikov on: September 30, 2008
Let me quote the interview:
The logical mistake that the article makes is confusing the technology and the implementation. There is nothing inherent in cloud computing approach that creates a vendor lock-in more than on-premise systems. After all, we have heard multiple times Microsoft being accused of creating lock-in with their Office file-formats or undocumented internal protocols.
Cloud computing is fundamentally about outsourcing non-core IT infrastructure such as messaging to others who can run it cost-effectively for you in their datacenters enjoying the economy of scale and opportunity to perfect this one system they care about. Because of this, the approach currently has inherent economic advantages.
The fact that current implementations mostly try to lock customer data in providers’ datacenters is to be expected in any early market. This is a problem which is likely will need to be addressed due to valid concerns Richard is expressing. I believe that this will happen – a this is happening in the on-premise world partly due to the anti-trust governmental activities, partly thanks to the open source movement and overall change to the popular opinion.
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