[okfn-discuss] [open-science] Practical reproducible science; implications for data storage

Wed Apr 11 23:22:47 UTC 2012

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Nicholas Roberts
<nicholas at themediasociety.org> wrote:
>
> I actually think its not cheap, its a trade-off between convenience and cost
> and Amazon are very smart about choosing their product / service placements
>
> in other words, there is still lots of hosting outside of Amazon i.e.
> Rackspace, Linode ... all the way down to micro hoster resellers
>
> Ubuntu for instance is doing a lot to make private and hybrid cloud
> infrastructure super easy to use and once you've got the machines (including
> commodity boxes) and a windmill you're TCO approaches zero

Do you think the variety of providers is enough to ensure we don't get
locked in?  Do you see it as a large risk if Amazon becomes the
de-facto supplier of scientific computing cycles and data hosting?

Best,

Matthew