Posted on 02/25/2022 4:52:24 AM PST by Kaslin
“Let’s put everything in the Cloud!...What could go wrong?”
there was also the day-long failure of AWS’s US-EAST1 region, about a month ago, which caused massive outages in various services. That outage was never explained and the press, being both ignorant and subservient, didn’t bother to press AWS for a solid explanation.
You are correct
I have to say off the record that the compensation Amazon gets, or gives, to partners is a two-way street. I will email you off line.
I am open to suggestions as to how to avoid the cloud altogether. Having started with MS products in the mid 90’s (Windows 3.1) and indulging upgrades to the present day, the experience has shifted to “pay as you go” with pushes toward the cloud. I’ve about had it. Need a system self contained at home with minimal internet use.
The Data Hotel, you can check in, but never check out.
AWS is not the only game in town for cloud.
AWS in general is nowhere near as reliable as they would have you believe. Quite a bit cheaper than doing stuff in your own datacenter, if you assume the downtime risk is comparable.
Linux desktop & OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Microsoft wants everything to be a subscription to maximize their continuing revenue stream.
To paraphrase others - Linux Mint: the ultimate Windows service pack.
“Earn trust” does note equate to “deserve trust”.
I prefer to keep my data on a hard drive with backups to flash drives often.
The new laptops come with solid-state drives. Since I’ve had flash drives fail I’m hesitant to buy a new PC.
I suggest a nice linux box running a Windows VM for some normal interaction with the Internet.
It’s a cloud.
No, it’s money going up in smoke.
That's what many companies know but getting off AWS is the trick as it is expensive as the article states. Only other cloud that I have interacted with was Oracle which was not really ready for prime-time from the experiences I had with it.
Microsoft’s Azure is nipping on the heels of AWS.
My experience with AWS engineers has been lackluster. Their marching orders are to get in, get the customer on their products, and get out. There’s no training or at-the-elbow support to understand customer’s needs or organization. It’s all about getting them on the product to enable them to start billing for use and charging them exorbitant fees for after-the-fact support.
I wished I still had my old computer, but it went on the fritz. This pos that I have is a crap and the keyboard is also a crap. Unfortunately I can not afford a new pc and keybord
Linux... Seriously. It will give your computer back to you as the owner.
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