Comments on: Amazon Takes Another Step Towards The Web OS With Dynamo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: » The mythical WebOS » business|bytes|genes|molecules http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1882435 » The mythical WebOS » business|bytes|genes|molecules Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:36:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1882435 [...] so all the attention to Amazon’s Dynamo is good to see. I am going to use the headline from Techcrunch to ruminate over what a WebOS means to me, if anything at [...] [...] so all the attention to Amazon’s Dynamo is good to see. I am going to use the headline from Techcrunch to ruminate over what a WebOS means to me, if anything at [...]

]]> By: Nick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1666713 Nick Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:00:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1666713 Nirvanix offers 24/7 customer support, which is something Amazon lacks, that makes a huge difference in which one i would choose, clearly Nirvanix. Nirvanix offers 24/7 customer support, which is something Amazon lacks, that makes a huge difference in which one i would choose, clearly Nirvanix.

]]> By: phoneguy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1658019 phoneguy Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:47:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1658019 I am starting to read these posts just to hear what Fake Steve Ballmer has to say. Although I find Erick Schonfeld's reporting to be very refereshing/professional/well written. Keep it up. @7, I completely agree that Amazon is doing things right on the insfrastructure side, but is undervalued... I am starting to read these posts just to hear what Fake Steve Ballmer has to say. Although I find Erick Schonfeld’s reporting to be very refereshing/professional/well written. Keep it up.
@7, I completely agree that Amazon is doing things right on the insfrastructure side, but is undervalued…

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657599 Steve Ballmer Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:50:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657599 The Future is in the Cloud! A Microsoft Cloud! Most of you have certainly heard or read about the world-changing speech I gave at the MS Partner Conference! I said: "We are in the process today of building out a services platform in the cloud," Yes, we have seen a future, a bright future where you no longer have to buy software, you rent it. You won't have to worry about illegal software, media, music etc... being on your PC, we will remove it for you. You won't have to worry about backing-up your personal documents, we will keep them for you in our cloud! Why bother with these things when we can do it all for you? The future is coming, and the key word we see for it is "conformity", Software as a service, constant monitorting, security assured. We will talk more in the next few months, I know you are all as exicited about this new direction as I am. The Future is in the Cloud! A Microsoft Cloud!
Most of you have certainly heard or read about the world-changing speech I gave at the MS Partner Conference! I said:
“We are in the process today of building out a services platform in the cloud,”
Yes, we have seen a future, a bright future where you no longer have to buy software, you rent it. You won’t have to worry about illegal software, media, music etc… being on your PC, we will remove it for you. You won’t have to worry about backing-up your personal documents, we will keep them for you in our cloud! Why bother with these things when we can do it all for you? The future is coming, and the key word we see for it is “conformity”, Software as a service, constant monitorting, security assured. We will talk more in the next few months, I know you are all as exicited about this new direction as I am.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657334 Andrew Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:06:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657334 I never fully grasped the concept of a Web OS until I read the analogy to the electrical grid (I am not too bright so no big surprise). Now I am beginning to get it, Web OS is much much more than just S3 or virtual computing in my browser. The Facebook acquisition of Parakey makes a lot more sense now. I never fully grasped the concept of a Web OS until I read the analogy to the electrical grid (I am not too bright so no big surprise). Now I am beginning to get it, Web OS is much much more than just S3 or virtual computing in my browser.

The Facebook acquisition of Parakey makes a lot more sense now.

]]> By: Abhik http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657333 Abhik Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:06:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657333 Dynamo is not about a Web OS in the "provide users with a suite of applications and services online" sense. This is about the internal infrastructure required to maintain high-demand sites. And why is this such a huge undertaking that only big companies can tackle it? There are already open source alternative to the Google File System (Kosmos File System) and Hadoop is a great open source alternative to Google's Map/Reduce.. Dynamo is not about a Web OS in the “provide users with a suite of applications and services online” sense. This is about the internal infrastructure required to maintain high-demand sites.

And why is this such a huge undertaking that only big companies can tackle it? There are already open source alternative to the Google File System (Kosmos File System) and Hadoop is a great open source alternative to Google’s Map/Reduce..

]]> By: Kanute http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657330 Kanute Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:04:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657330 Googles almost monopoly is not always positive, i hope that if these two giants get into war the grass under, this time around would flourish Googles almost monopoly is not always positive, i hope that if these two giants get into war the grass under, this time around would flourish

]]> By: It's Not a Service http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657234 It's Not a Service Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:49:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657234 The only problem is they are not opening it up as a service. It's for them only. So it can only be used indirectly through their other APIs. You can't just store any data you want. So technically it's interesting, practically it means nothing. The only problem is they are not opening it up as a service. It’s for them only. So it can only be used indirectly through their other APIs. You can’t just store any data you want. So technically it’s interesting, practically it means nothing.

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657215 Alex Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:32:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657215 Looks like Amazon is really executing really well. Most people are not paying to much attention to these innovations/enhancements. Before you know it Amazon is going to have lots of the newer Web 2.0 companies hooked on their platform. Just as junkies loves crack, new start-ups will become dependent on Amazon. Bezos is very smart!!!! Looks like Amazon is really executing really well. Most people are not paying to much attention to these innovations/enhancements. Before you know it Amazon is going to have lots of the newer Web 2.0 companies hooked on their platform. Just as junkies loves crack, new start-ups will become dependent on Amazon. Bezos is very smart!!!!

]]> By: Ed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657115 Ed Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:12:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657115 @ Nick Good point you make there. I totally agree. From a simple applications view of things (not taking into account the more advance applications of webOS) I highly prefer Scrybe to any other online calendar @ Nick
Good point you make there. I totally agree. From a simple applications view of things (not taking into account the more advance applications of webOS) I highly prefer Scrybe to any other online calendar

]]> By: Nick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657101 Nick Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657101 Erick, I disagree with your comment that "It is such a huge undertaking that there are only a few companies—Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM— that can tackle it" A Web OS, as we see it, shouldn't be something delivered by just one company. It would be a big mistake for these companies to think that they should provide every aspect of the Web OS and push that out to consumers. Our take is that the Web OS should involve many different applications, all provided by different companies. The job of the Web OS is not to create an all encompassing online set of applications, but rather to act as a central hub for customers to use the best online tools that are available. This allows for constant innovation on a level that even these giants alone couldn't handle. I invite all you developers out there that are creating industry or function specific applications to continue innovating. If Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and IBM think that they are going to provide a Web OS without involving you, then let them do just that. Erick,

I disagree with your comment that “It is such a huge undertaking that there are only a few companies—Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM— that can tackle it”

A Web OS, as we see it, shouldn’t be something delivered by just one company. It would be a big mistake for these companies to think that they should provide every aspect of the Web OS and push that out to consumers.

Our take is that the Web OS should involve many different applications, all provided by different companies. The job of the Web OS is not to create an all encompassing online set of applications, but rather to act as a central hub for customers to use the best online tools that are available. This allows for constant innovation on a level that even these giants alone couldn’t handle.

I invite all you developers out there that are creating industry or function specific applications to continue innovating. If Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and IBM think that they are going to provide a Web OS without involving you, then let them do just that.

]]> By: whoopie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657059 whoopie Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:35:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657059 yahoo and google have been using large-scale distributed "on the wire" high performance data stores for years. i will be interested to see what amazon is doing, but my guess is that it is just another red-black-tree on the network yahoo and google have been using large-scale distributed “on the wire” high performance data stores for years. i will be interested to see what amazon is doing, but my guess is that it is just another red-black-tree on the network

]]> By: phenom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657057 phenom Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:35:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657057 google vs amazon.....game begins http://vidsonly.blogspot.com google vs amazon…..game begins
http://vidsonly.blogspot.com

]]> By: Joseph Hunkins http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657030 Joseph Hunkins Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:24:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657030 New online office suites popping up almost daily, now the battle for an online OS. It's enough to *almost* make you feel sorry for Microsoft. ....and Mr. Mike given Blodget's valuation today for TechCrunch of $100,000,000.00 may I be the first to offer you $100,000,001.00? I'd need to have you finance some of this though. New online office suites popping up almost daily, now the battle for an online OS.
It’s enough to *almost* make you feel sorry for Microsoft.

….and Mr. Mike given Blodget’s valuation today for TechCrunch of $100,000,000.00 may I be the first to offer you $100,000,001.00? I’d need to have you finance some of this though.

]]> By: Ed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657019 Ed Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-the-web-os-with-dynamo/#comment-1657019 The race to own the Web?! Hm nice post, it's definitely interesting to hear more about this Dynamo thing. And definitely interesting to see the competition between Amazon, Google and others, not really so much Microsoft, because many of their attempts at creating web-based services have ended up lacking, especially when they released that statement that web-based services only serve to enhance the desktop-client experience. All well and good, but I don't want an overly bulky program slowing down my computer when you can take most of it and run it on da intarweb! The race to own the Web?! Hm nice post, it’s definitely interesting to hear more about this Dynamo thing. And definitely interesting to see the competition between Amazon, Google and others, not really so much Microsoft, because many of their attempts at creating web-based services have ended up lacking, especially when they released that statement that web-based services only serve to enhance the desktop-client experience. All well and good, but I don’t want an overly bulky program slowing down my computer when you can take most of it and run it on da intarweb!

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