[Ilugc] RMS and Cloud Computing
- From: sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rahul Sundaram)
- Date: Thu Oct 9 21:12:05 2008
Bhuvaneswaran A wrote:
I don't understand why he is missing the point that cloud computing is
feasible more because of open source tools like Hadoop, MadReduce. The
important aspect of cloud computing is that it is cheap. If user is
worried about security, FREEDOM, or relying upon a third-party
software vendor for data processing, well, he can have his own setup.
Well, if you care only about efficiency of "cloud computing" and tools
(they might be free or non-free) without considering the freedom aspect,
you are unlikely to understand his view point either.
Whether Hadoop is free software or not is irrelevant if your only access
to it is a server side instance which you cannot control at all. This
problem is being tackled however.
http://www.fsf.org/news/FreedomForWebServices
http://autonomo.us/
Rahul
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