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Update 2: Rumor no more. Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine. The quick and dirty of it: developers simply upload their Python code to Google, launch the application, and can monitor usage and other metrics via a multi-platform desktop application. Â There were 10,000 developer
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The RAD Lab (Reliable Adaptive Distributed Systems Laboratory) wants to leapfrog the Big Switch and create The Next Big Switch, skipping the cloud/utility evolutionary stage altogether. This hyper-evolutionary niche buster develops technology so advanced the cloud disperses and you can go back to building your own personal datacenters again.
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Update: Zdnet says Ozzie signals Microsoft’s surrender to the cloud. CD ROMs are to the internet as the internet is to the cloud and Microsoft aims to scratch and claw its way into this paradigm shift as well. The gloves are off. The tag line for Microsoft's