Comments on: Cloud computing, Starbucks, taxis, and the truth about pay-as-you-go pricing http://4sysops.com/archives/cloud-computing-starbucks-taxis-and-the-truth-about-pay-as-you-go-pricing/ For Windows Administrators Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Michael Pietroforte http://4sysops.com/archives/cloud-computing-starbucks-taxis-and-the-truth-about-pay-as-you-go-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-124723 Michael Pietroforte Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:02:39 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=2447#comment-124723 Michael, oops sorry. I replaced the video now. I saw them both and must have confused them. Actually, I like your video better because you are emphasizing scalability and not the costs. It seems the taxi analogy is quite popular though. I like the one with power consumption better. Michael, oops sorry. I replaced the video now. I saw them both and must have confused them. Actually, I like your video better because you are emphasizing scalability and not the costs. It seems the taxi analogy is quite popular though. I like the one with power consumption better.

]]> By: Michael Sheehan http://4sysops.com/archives/cloud-computing-starbucks-taxis-and-the-truth-about-pay-as-you-go-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-124716 Michael Sheehan Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:49:47 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=2447#comment-124716 Hi Michael, I'm glad that you found our video to be thought provoking. I am actually glad that you took the taxi analogy a bit further. When I thought it up, it was truly a simplistic approach to something complex. And you do bring up many valid points. Thanks! Also a side note, the video that you have at the end of your post, is not the one that was created by us at GoGrid. That is one that was made a few months later by rPath. The original GoGrid one is located here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJncFirhjPg Thanks, Michael Hi Michael,

I’m glad that you found our video to be thought provoking. I am actually glad that you took the taxi analogy a bit further. When I thought it up, it was truly a simplistic approach to something complex. And you do bring up many valid points. Thanks!

Also a side note, the video that you have at the end of your post, is not the one that was created by us at GoGrid. That is one that was made a few months later by rPath.

The original GoGrid one is located here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJncFirhjPg

Thanks,
Michael

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