Comments on: The Big Switch Is a Good Thing http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Cloud in the Enterprise: Big Switch or Little Niche? http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190752 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:01:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190752 [...] the one hand, Nick Carr, author of “The Big Switch,” posits that all computing will move to the cloud, just as electricity — another essential [...]

]]> By: “The Big Switch” reaction « Tech U http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190751 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:46:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190751 [...] have to say no. This belief simply comes out of the article written by Anne Zelenka titled “The Big Switch Is a Good Thing.” For myself, she perfectly refutes his pessimism when she states,  Carr asserts that [...]

]]> By: tarrysingh http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190750 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:21:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190750 Much a belated reply but Ajay is so right and also puts it rather eloquently. What can I say this guy really gets it why the Compute Clouds will disperse across communities and re-establish the village model from where we departed.

As more prosperity reaches the hands of many, the dramatic madrush towards metropolis too can be curbed where the enlightened ones (not the mad, evil or rich ones) will serve their own communities.

Eventually the public markets will sort out themselves as we engage in the more of a push and pull data/energy as compared to the “only-push” datasets/energy towards us.

Tarry

]]> By: My daily readings 05/11/2008 « Strange Kite http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190749 Sun, 11 May 2008 11:31:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190749 [...] The Big Switch Is a Good Thing – GigaOM [...]

]]> By: La Vida Bloga » Blog Archive » 10 способов уничтожения интернета http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190748 Mon, 05 May 2008 07:49:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190748 [...] в группы по убеждениям. Никлас Карр в своей книге “The Big Switch” цитирует исследование, в котором приводится [...]

]]> By: 10招干掉互联网？ | ucbeta http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190747 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:27:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190747 [...] Usenet 至今，人们一直进行着“物以类聚”的分组行为。Nicholas Carr 在《The Big Switch》 一书中指出：一项研究声称一个社区，不管保守或自由，其 90% [...]

]]> By: 10 Ways the Internet (As We Know It) Will Die - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190746 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:06:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190746 [...] Ever since Usenet, people have been grouping together with those who think like them. In his book “The Big Switch,” Nicholas Carr cites one study that claimed more than 90 percent of the links originating within [...]

]]> By: Defining utility and cloud computing, the future via the Third Pipe | http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190745 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:18:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190745 [...] While utility computing often requires a cloud-like infrastructure, its focus is on the business model on which providing the computing services are based. Simply put, a utility computing service is one in which customers receive computing resources from a service provider (hardware and/or software) and “pay by the drink,” much as you do for your electric service at home – an analogy that Nicholas Carr discusses extensively in “The Big Switch.” [...]

]]> By: Harry Quackenboss http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190744 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:18:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190744 The concept of utility computing and its social implications were framed and debated by the Multics crowd 40+ years ago. See:

http://www.multicians.org/fjcc6.html

http://www.multicians.org/mgc.html#computerutility

]]> By: How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190743 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:42:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190743 [...] While utility computing often requires a cloud-like infrastructure, its focus is on the business model on which providing the computing services are based. Simply put, a utility computing service is one in which customers receive computing resources from a service provider (hardware and/or software) and “pay by the drink,” much as you do for your electric service at home – an analogy that Nicholas Carr discusses extensively in “The Big Switch.” [...]

]]> By: How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-210645 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:42:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-210645 [...] While utility computing often requires a cloud-like infrastructure, its focus is on the business model on which providing the computing services are based. Simply put, a utility computing service is one in which customers receive computing resources from a service provider (hardware and/or software) and “pay by the drink,” much as you do for your electric service at home – an analogy that Nicholas Carr discusses extensively in “The Big Switch.” [...]

]]> By: How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-210858 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:42:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-210858 [...] While utility computing often requires a cloud-like infrastructure, its focus is on the business model on which providing the computing services are based. Simply put, a utility computing service is one in which customers receive computing resources from a service provider (hardware and/or software) and “pay by the drink,” much as you do for your electric service at home – an analogy that Nicholas Carr discusses extensively in “The Big Switch.” [...]

]]> By: Venkat http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190742 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:10:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190742 Hmm… curious that you guys have picked out the workforce aspects of Carr’s book. My own take is that those ‘social impact’ aspects of the book are too weak to take seriously. My review focuses more on the technology portion of the book, which is relatively more sound. But overall I agree, a good read.

The social impact stuff was probably better (but more narrowly) covered by Dan Pink in Free Agent Nation.

]]> By: The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google’ | guidance.konin.pl http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190741 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:42:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190741 [...] (who is 31st most popular blog) “The Big Switch Is a Good Thing” – “But Carr’s arguments left me unconvinced that the big switch is a bad thing. [...]

]]> By: The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google’ | Educational http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190740 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:57:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190740 [...] (who is 31st most popular blog) “The Big Switch Is a Good Thing” – “But Carr’s arguments left me unconvinced that the big switch is a bad thing. [...]

]]> By: Bill Watt’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Big Switch http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190739 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:15:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/11/the-big-switch-is-a-good-thing/#comment-190739 [...] the book The Big Switch yesterday based on a few blog posts and reader reviews. I’m about a chapter in and think it is a really good read so far. [...]

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