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Comment Re:Proven technology (Score 3, Funny) 305

My personal experience with tablet-based backup makes me say that the Amazon is a bad idea. I rented a helicopter and tried to store my data stones in the Amazon's clouds... Let me tell you, their cloud platform does not have the stability you are looking floor. 30 seconds after upload, I was left with fragmented, unrecoverable data.

Comment Microsoft is pretty big... (Score 1) 344

One thing to remember is that Microsoft is a huge, sprawling organization. Or rather, it is an ecosystem of smaller organizations. While some portion of the IP, legal and marketing groups are working to ensure that OSS is not a threat to Microsoft via patent litigation and memos to Best Buy staff, it is entirely possible that wholly separate division is working to tap into OSS goodness to help a platform. Some flavor of multiple personality disorder is a common problem in large companies. Take a look at microsoft.com, where each area of the site is managed by a separate product team.

Comment Re:The desktop is dead (Score 1) 1365

The future is not web-based because no large corporation will put/send/store their sensitive stuff (as in trade secrets) on any other corporation's web servers. Not even email. Ever.

SFDC disagrees. To play futurist for a second, I would say that large corporations will either move towards web-based apps that they host themselves, or towards entrusting more sensitive information to companies that provide efficiency-improving systems that "just work."

Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 374

Actually, it's the kind of contrarian action that HR people might find intriguing. If the OP is able to convey through cover letter and interview that he is so passionate about working in this field that he is willing to undertake substantial personal risk, it might prove to be a strong selling point.

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