[lbo-talk] cloud computing

J T. Ramsay jt.ramsay at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 15:12:32 PST 2009


Yeah, I was trying to make it understandable to someone new to the concept, without revealing my API fetish!

If LBOsters haven't seen it already, I highly recommend the New Media douchebag video on YouTube.

On Mar 5, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Bob Morris <bob.morris at gmail.com> wrote:


> It's more than that. Cloud computing gives developers access to
> databases,
> so they can write their own backend programs that run a website.
> What's
> more, it's pay as you go, and really cheap. Thus, a startup website
> doesn't
> have to co-lo database servers or pay for the software (if it's not
> open
> source.)
>
> A lot of websites run on the Google or Amazon cloud.
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:03 PM, J T. Ramsay <jt.ramsay at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Cloud computing is just a sexier way to describe what we've been
>> doing with
>> email for years.
>>
>>
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