RE: [MLUG] Amazon - online storage for 15 cents/GB

["Davis, Jared Scott" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>From Amazon's standpoint, it's a data mining utopia.  (Be sure to read
the fine print!)

/tinfoil hat off

Jared Davis
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> -----Original Message-----
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> EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan King
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:50 AM
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> Subject: Re: [MLUG] Amazon - online storage for 15 cents/GB
> 
> On 3/15/06, Pottinger, Hardy J. <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > > but if this is being used just as back-up or convenience storage
for
> > > individuals, I don't see it as being competitive.
> >
> > I don't think that's the intended market. This looks more like a way
to
> > get enterprise-level NAS without the hardware investment.
> >
> > I think if I were contemplating a Web 2.0 startup, this would look
> > really appealing.
> 
> Is $.20 per GB transferred really worth it, though?  Also, it looks to
> me like Amazon is housing your data, but not running your servers or
> anything else.  I guess I really don't have a good idea of what this
> would really be used for, then.
> 
> jking
> 
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