Great blog post, which I should definetly try out sometime…Or it should even be a mandatory hook script!
http://andialbrecht.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/when-merging-fails/
When was the last time you bought software and got a real CD? Downloads are all around but even more impressing is that Software as a Service (SaaS) is coming. In that case you are not even downloading Software! Amazing isn’t it? But there is a downside of it – this article states that costs for SaaS can add up fast. But traditional software seems to get cheaper.
And now take into account that there are also Open Source solutions around…
Randy Bias from GoGrid posted this blog entry earlier today:
http://neotactics.com/blog/technology/the-open-cloud-is-coming
Interesting is what he says:
Already there are the inklings of people working on concrete standards including ones for cloud computing infrastructure (Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) a working group of the Open Grid Foundation (OGF)) and the portability of virtual machines (Open Virtualization Format (OVF)). Once these standards are finished and embraced by even a few clouds many customers will opt to choose cloud providers that use them, avoiding vendor lock-in and give choice to customers.
I agree with this statement and hope people will really adopt those standards. Sun is sadly enough not mentioned in the blog-entry. Although not all Cloud Vendors get nice grades .-)
Yesterday DMTF announced the Cloud Incubator. Today OGF announces the launch of OCCI. It is a great week for Cloud Standards!
The DMTF announce the incubator for Cloud Computing. See the complete information here. The charter can be found here. Sun is one
of the parties in this group.
This is interesting indeed. The DMTF has the following time line in mind for their efforts:
The Cloud incubator is expected to complete within 1 year from approval of the charter by the board.
OCCI has a similar approach and tries to deliver in the same time frame. Hope to see some work overlap and collaboration!
Update: Mark also has a nice entry about it.