[dba-Tech] Getting started in Cloud services

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Nov 24 22:38:46 CST 2011


Is this iCloud site Open Source and free? ;-)

Jim

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian
Andersen
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 4:47 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Getting started in Cloud services

Same. They had me at the nice modern looking web 3.0 apple icloud like logo.
Would be a good chance for me to really do some meaningful project with ruby
on rails.

- Hans


On 2011-11-24, at 4:14 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> Just signed up. We shall see what we shall see. Intrigued...
> A.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Getting involved with proprietary products, within a fledgling market,
>> especially in the computer world has always been a potential road to
>> disaster...one that may cost a company millions of dollars and with
nothing
>> to show for their efforts.
>> 
>> The cloud is such a market, with so many offerings in where and how to
host
>> your products and development. There is Microsoft Azure, Google App
Engine,
>> or Amazon Web Services to name but a few. What has emerged is an Open
>> Source
>> competitor.
>> 
>> http://www.cloudfoundry.com/
>> 
>> It is even being used and supported by HP; also, a supporter of Azure but
>> it
>> seems the company is keeping its options open.
>> 
>> Check this product out and get ready for your next business venture.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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