in infinite wisdom Sandip Bhattacharya spoke thus On 10/02/2008 12:14 AM:
Well, I have been waiting to see the FOSS response to this for a while
now. It is an interesting problem to solve. Of course, just calling it
a trap doesn't suffice. You have to provide an alternative.
Check the
Well, I have been waiting to see the FOSS response to this for a while
now. It is an interesting problem to solve. Of course, just calling it
a trap doesn't suffice. You have to provide an alternative.
http://eucalyptus.cs.ucsb.edu/
FYI: redhat is also working on some cloud computing projects
Today every company is talking about Cloud computing, but RMS has rejected
as a trap and it truly is. How much sense does it make to adopt technologies
pushed by some companies which could further lock us in. We are struggling
to get out of non-free and jail created by MS and colonial cousins,
On Wednesday 01 October 2008 23:54:31 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
Today every company is talking about Cloud computing, but RMS has
rejected as a trap and it truly is. How much sense does it make to
adopt technologies pushed by some companies which could further lock
us in. We are struggling to
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On Wednesday 01 October 2008 23:54:31 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
Today every company is talking about Cloud computing, but RMS has
rejected as a trap and it truly is. How much sense does it make to
adopt technologies
On Thursday 02 October 2008 00:19:51 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
I quite agree with RMS. When we work locally at least data is with
us. Cloud computing followed by SaaS is a dangerous stuff. There can
I am not saying that I disagree with RMS about the software freedom
dangers of cloud computing in
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today every company is talking about Cloud computing, but RMS has rejected
as a trap and it truly is. How much sense does it make to adopt technologies
pushed by some companies which could further lock us in. We are
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I am disagreeing is with the FOSS world not attempting to even
touch the technology because the closed source business model is the
only one we see. The technology is really attractive, and there is no
doubt that
Hi all,
Interesting discussion. You might want to have a look at Project Caroline.
Its an open platform which will let anyone host their own SaaS platform,
does not lock-in into any particular technology or language or vendor, its
source code is completely open and follows open standards.