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A sacred cow has been bumped off over at Micrsoft with Linux now available in Azure instances. This is a major change in the server OS world.
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Wednesday, June 23rd 2010
Google's move away from Windows is less unusual when you map roles to browser-based work. Most staff are information or service workers, so web apps reduce OS dependency and reshape desktop strategy.
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Why I'm interested in AWS Spot Prices for EC2
Tuesday, December 22nd 2009
EC2 spot pricing turns compute into a real market, and that changes architecture choices. This is a sketch of a self-healing system that blends spot and on-demand instances to chase value.
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Web Directions South 2009 - Cloud Sourcing the Business
Friday, October 9th 2009
Notes from a Web Directions South talk on cloud computing that outlines public, private and hybrid models. It walks through infrastructure, platform and software services with business examples.
