This is a negative article about the Cloud and the author talks only about Google. One should ask, is there really such a dark scenario to be afraid of? Is Google alone in the sky?
These questions are really important, but the main thesis on the AdAge article does not convice anyone:
"the larger reality is that more and more businesses and individuals are trusting their mission-critical data and applications to Google's cloud. And the problem with that: Google's cloud has the potential to blanket us -- smother us -- in ways much more systemic and potentially apocalyptic than Microsoft's desktop software monopoly ever did."
To dark for me:
"Now, what happens when 10% or 20% (or, heck, 75%) of, say, all U.S. small businesses come to depend on Google Apps and there's an outage of two hours or six hours or eight hours? What happens when 10% or 20% or 75% of U.S. small businesses effectively have an entire workday wiped out, thanks to Google cloud downtime?
Cascading ... flop sweat. Tears. Screaming. Desperation. Apocalypse."
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Make your conclusions after reading the full article, here.
