There is a great interview with Jim Whitehurst on ZDNet yesterday that starts on the topic of Cloud computing and virtualization and ends up speaking about the merits of open source. Jim's ability to explain the value of these innovations is really clear and to the point.
On the topic of Cloud, Jim explains that he believes that the economics of server farms will win out. He then says "whether they are internal private grids or clouds, or whether those are public, or semi-private, that's still to be determined, because that's a lot around specific business models." Therefore flexibility to use private grids or clouds or external clouds will be come very important for many companies. This flexibility is one of the Objectives of MRG Grid.
Jim then does a great job of explaining how virtualization is becoming a commodity and should be moved to the operating system layer. Then he explains the Red Hat business model for open source. Again, he makes it very concise and clear. Worth a read.
On the topic of Cloud, Jim explains that he believes that the economics of server farms will win out. He then says "whether they are internal private grids or clouds, or whether those are public, or semi-private, that's still to be determined, because that's a lot around specific business models." Therefore flexibility to use private grids or clouds or external clouds will be come very important for many companies. This flexibility is one of the Objectives of MRG Grid.
Jim then does a great job of explaining how virtualization is becoming a commodity and should be moved to the operating system layer. Then he explains the Red Hat business model for open source. Again, he makes it very concise and clear. Worth a read.
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