20 July 2007 - 8:53am, Peder Ulander (not verified) said:
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the mention in your Blog following the story. While it may seem awkward that I mentioned a number of companies that are not using Sun technology, I did so deliberately. Understand that it would be easy to make a 100% Sun argument, but then it is only looking at the world through Sun-colored glasses and the reality is that this is a trend that is happening with or without Sun. Interestingly enough, when you think of the companies that have exploited high-bandwitch plays and truly bet on the network - the ones that have used commodity-type, whitebox solutions have all run into serious issues because the systems weren't built for scale, space, power, etc. And while the Google, YouTube and MySpaces of the past could manage through that then, the competition is so hot now why risk it? The reality is that the edge of a 5 computer world is more "in your face" type of a statement and we will see a number of pools and farms across the globe. And of those new companies sprouting up, I see Sun having a solid position as the partner of choice given our drive to invest in technology growth and platforms at all layers of the network.
Regardless, thanks for the post. Keep it going with Appistry, cool technology enabling this new world of computing.
Hi Bob, Thanks for the
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the mention in your Blog following the story. While it may seem awkward that I mentioned a number of companies that are not using Sun technology, I did so deliberately. Understand that it would be easy to make a 100% Sun argument, but then it is only looking at the world through Sun-colored glasses and the reality is that this is a trend that is happening with or without Sun. Interestingly enough, when you think of the companies that have exploited high-bandwitch plays and truly bet on the network - the ones that have used commodity-type, whitebox solutions have all run into serious issues because the systems weren't built for scale, space, power, etc. And while the Google, YouTube and MySpaces of the past could manage through that then, the competition is so hot now why risk it? The reality is that the edge of a 5 computer world is more "in your face" type of a statement and we will see a number of pools and farms across the globe. And of those new companies sprouting up, I see Sun having a solid position as the partner of choice given our drive to invest in technology growth and platforms at all layers of the network.
Regardless, thanks for the post. Keep it going with Appistry, cool technology enabling this new world of computing.
Cheers,
peder