Jonathan at Web 2 Expo– talking about clouds
Jonathan Schwartz – our CEO – just did a morning keynote discussion with Tim O'Reilly at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Discussion was wide-ranging, but I thought that I would mention this snippet...
Tim asked Jonathan to talk about cloud computing, etc. Jonathan said we aren't really there yet. He made the point that to be a true utility, two things need to happen:
- Transparency on pricing, and
- Substitutability (or Portability) - the ability to take the plug out of the wall in one room and take it into another room
By that definition, I don't know of any of the 'cloud' offerings that could be considered true utilities.
