Comments on: The Two Ways Cloud Computing Can Help Linux http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/ Keeping you in the loop with up-to-date Linux news. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John LaFrenierre http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-188 John LaFrenierre Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:57:17 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/#comment-188 A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

]]> By: Jay http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Jay Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:05:09 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/#comment-118 While I agree that Linux is going to continue to boom, when you say it's going to "take off", with Linux it's always a somewhat vague statement to make. So the $64K question is "how". Do we mean it'll get deployed more and more as a virtualized service? I think that's pretty likely, as is the case with EC2. However, I don't think there's anything special about cloud computing for that. Linux has continued to see a pretty amazing growth in the server space, whether it's "in the clouds" or anchored on the HW. i believe there will continue to be some pretty amazing progress with Linux on the desktop. Ubuntu's pushed many distributions (a.la Fedora) to an increasingly higher level of polish. Is this evolution shocking to see? No I don't think so, it's again a progression of Linux's superhero ability to evolve. So when we cay Cloud Computing's going to help Linux, can we make that statement in such a way as to really make people think about ways to innovate exponentially rather then incrementally? I think there's definitely a way Linux can, and is, contribute and I believe that's in making the integration with the cloud "seemless", as in seeming to not exist. Take the gPC for an example, it allows users to leverage "the cloud" without even knowing it's out there. They just see an increasingly evolving level of availability and interoperability within their applications, which appear as local content. It seems as though the "data in the cloud" aspect is the way in which Linux will evolve the greatest. Not that it won't advance the cloud in other ways. However, the open standards and culture of communication within the opensource community is spreading, and once the end consumers realize the power of this model I believe there will be no turning back. Are there other ways Linux will be awesome in the clouds? While I agree that Linux is going to continue to boom, when you say it’s going to “take off”, with Linux it’s always a somewhat vague statement to make.

So the $64K question is “how”.

Do we mean it’ll get deployed more and more as a virtualized service? I think that’s pretty likely, as is the case with EC2. However, I don’t think there’s anything special about cloud computing for that. Linux has continued to see a pretty amazing growth in the server space, whether it’s “in the clouds” or anchored on the HW.

i believe there will continue to be some pretty amazing progress with Linux on the desktop. Ubuntu’s pushed many distributions (a.la Fedora) to an increasingly higher level of polish. Is this evolution shocking to see? No I don’t think so, it’s again a progression of Linux’s superhero ability to evolve.

So when we cay Cloud Computing’s going to help Linux, can we make that statement in such a way as to really make people think about ways to innovate exponentially rather then incrementally?

I think there’s definitely a way Linux can, and is, contribute and I believe that’s in making the integration with the cloud “seemless”, as in seeming to not exist.

Take the gPC for an example, it allows users to leverage “the cloud” without even knowing it’s out there. They just see an increasingly evolving level of availability and interoperability within their applications, which appear as local content.

It seems as though the “data in the cloud” aspect is the way in which Linux will evolve the greatest. Not that it won’t advance the cloud in other ways.

However, the open standards and culture of communication within the opensource community is spreading, and once the end consumers realize the power of this model I believe there will be no turning back.

Are there other ways Linux will be awesome in the clouds?

]]> By: Mark Cahill http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Mark Cahill Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:19:37 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2007/12/16/the-two-ways-cloud-computing-can-help-linux/#comment-116 The trend is definitely towards server-side computing. We may even see flash boot laptop-style computers accessing all of its programs on a server. This would enable cheaper production on the client side because you wouldn't need a crazy fast system to get stuff done - just a crazy fast internet connection. The trend is definitely towards server-side computing. We may even see flash boot laptop-style computers accessing all of its programs on a server. This would enable cheaper production on the client side because you wouldn’t need a crazy fast system to get stuff done - just a crazy fast internet connection.

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