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Cloud Computing on a Stick
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| What struck me about the VM Template idea – and, the related possibilities of
| a supercharged apt-get – is that in a strange sort of way what it offers is
| cloud computing, but locally. By providing the stack as a binary blob, you
| insulate users from all that fiddly stuff of getting things to work, which is
| also one of the big attractions of cloud computing.
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| And to those that say that local clouds miss the whole point, which is about
| having infinitely expandable resources “out there”, I would say, well, in
| general, yes, but there are circumstances when you might prefer to keep
| things local, while still enjoying the blob-like, all-in-one simplicity that
| clouds provide. At such times, cloud computing on a stick, albeit limited,
| can suddenly look highly attractive.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1108&blogid=14
Citrix Calls On Microsoft To Set Windows Free
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| Simon Crosby, chief technology officer of Citrix, told attendees at the
| LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco that the future of virtualization
| includes the concept of a "virtual appliance," a package comprising an
| application, operating system, and virtual machine that could run on any
| hypervisor installed on a desktop, notebook, or server. Standing in the way
| of this advancement in portability is Microsoft, whose Windows operating
| system dominates the business computing market.
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| "Microsoft has to change its licensing policies to redistribute Windows on
| virtual appliances," Crosby said during his keynote. "Microsoft needs to have
| a license that allows [independent software] vendors to redistribute Windows
| as a bag of bits."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/virtualization/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904419&subSection=News
Are lower priced apps in Microsoft's future?
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| Microsoft has told its shareholders and the SEC that it is developing
| products "with basic functionality that are sold at lower prices than the
| standard version." But today, the company indicated this may not be anything
| new.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Are_lower_priced_apps_in_Microsofts_future/1218061702
Recent:
Microsoft tries to battle free with cheap. It won't work
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| Crappy but cheap? It isn't going to stop open source. Open source wins, in
| part, because it's cheap, but anyone that has run Linux, Apache, Zimbra, etc.
| knows that there is plenty of open source that wins because it is
| awesome...and just happens to be cheap as an added benefit.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10008408-16.html
Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars
http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars
Microsoft slashes Office prices in RP
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| "This is also part of our Unlimited Potential program," added Rivera-Moreno.
| Microsoft's Unlimited Potential is a global program aimed at helping the
| middle and bottom of the world's economic pyramid of about 5 billion people,
| the software company's website stated.
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http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20080726-150885/Microsoft-slashes-Office-prices-in-RP
Bringing down software margins with the cloud and open source
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| Microsoft expects to lose margin as "cloud" competitors start to eat away at
| its core businesses. Kudos to Microsoft for calling out the obvious.
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| [...]
|
| Put more bluntly, there's not a chance in Hades that Microsoft will be able
| to charge more for its cloud-based offerings, not when its competitors are
| using the cloud to pummel its desktop and server-based offerings. This is
| something that Microsoft (and everyone else) is simply going to have to get
| used to: The go-go days of outrageous (software) margins are over. Done.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9952036-16.html
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