by Guy Creese | February 9, 2012 | Submit a Comment
Rumors are floating around that Google may start offering a file synchronization service (Google Drive) within the next several weeks. For articles, see: Sebastian Anthony, “Google Drive: Dropbox killer or mediocre also-ran?“, Extreme Tech, February 9, 2012. Matt Warman, “Google Drive cloud storage coming ‘soon’,” The Telegraph, February 9, 2012. Chris Davies, “Google Drive incoming [...]
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by Guy Creese | October 13, 2011 | Comments Off
Last night I read Steve Yegge’s now infamous Google+ post, “Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant.” I think it deserves all the attention it’s getting — it’s an architect’s view of what makes a great system, enlivened with some superb turns of phrase: “Bezos is super smart; don’t get me wrong. He just makes ordinary control freaks [...]
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by Guy Creese | February 24, 2011 | Comments Off
For those looking the high points of our recent e-mail coverage, look no farther. The e-mail market is currently a fascinating one. For many years, enterprises supporting e-mail did so on autopilot: (1) buy e-mail server software from one of the top two or three vendors, (2) install it, and (3) maintain it. There were [...]
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