Eucalyptus
22 Jul, 2008 | Written by Frank Carver | under Information
This project is a great idea: an open-source alternative to Amazon’s proprietary EC2 “elastic cloud” product. I can’t help it though. Every time I see the name I think of a discussion along the lines of:
Person X: I’m worried. This Amazon EC2 sounds like a great solution, but there’s only a single supplier. If they go bust, we’d be up a gum tree.
Person Y: No worries, mate. We’ll just build another gum tree, a Eucalyptus.
Person X: Bonzer!
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For years Frank Carver has been paying attention to the strange world of convergent technology. During that time he has discussed and researched broad subject areas, come to some surprising conclusions, produced and distributed digital media, scattered ideas and opinions like sparks from a firework, and above all consulted for businesses both large and small to help develop and deploy successful systems, services, and products in this highly complex arena.
