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Comment Re:I wonder why... (Score 1) 42

Having worked at NMSU many years ago I know this used to be hosted on a NeXT workstation and was migrated to an RS6k when the University moved to AIX from SunOS and NeXT, while it has been many years since I worked there, my suspicion is that it lost "sponsorship" from executive management as not adding "value" to the university. But that is pure speculation. The technical aspects of running this are not the most likely cause of it's demise, as has been mentioned the storage space and bandwidth are minimal, and I don't think the administrative overhead is much (except when moving the repo to a new platform) Anyway sad to see it go, and reading some of the comments here bring back fond memories of the Internet when it was much more embryonic.

Comment Building these a couple of miles from my house (Score 2) 23

QTS is constructing some massive data centers right off of 202 and 40th st here in Phoenix, while the majority of large data centers are on the peripheries of the Phoenix Metro area these ones are in the heart of Phoenix, not too far from a couple of other massive data centers on 48th St and 202. While the need for more data centers is pretty keen, and housing them in the desert actually makes some sense from the standpoint of efficiency (non-humid air, predictable weather, low natural disaster probability) the consumption of water is problematic, however it could be argued that the data centers provide a more valuable resource for the community than the multitude of high hydro usage golf courses that exist in the Valley. Since AI is on the peak of the hype cycle, talking about these investments using AI as a driver makes sense from a luring investors standpoint, I think in practical terms that these data centers will more likely be focused on data storage over the long term, can't train models without tons of data, and collecting, organizing and presenting this data will be critical to build this new AI business. So be interested to see how a data center 5 years from now will look compared to today's existing centers.. Might have different requirements and objectives than we are seeing presently. I don't see this trend of building more and more data centers changing anytime in the near future... just how they are utilized evolving.

Comment Better article (Score 1) 23

This one actually has the States listed, and has some useful info instead of a bunch of words that don't do much to describe what is happening..

https://apnews.com/article/biden-raimondo-tech-hubs-innovation-jobs-205ef4710451f2d37595739056c648ae

Unfortunately the state I live in is not on the list, it is kind of a strange list, with both Montana(!) and Massachusetts on it.. some make sense to be on there others, not so sure.. While I do think this is important and could be useful for some innovative folks out there, I hope that these states also support the efforts with efforts of their own to promote healthy business practices surrounding these initiatives.

Comment Re:A Noble Idea (Score 3, Insightful) 66

I was at the event last night with Woz, and I can say this is more about skill sets in developing technology that just "teaching people to write code" The focus is more on innovation and engineering, building folks with the skills to do jobs that may not even exist yet. If all you are doing is learning to code, then yes, you will be supplanted by someone who can code cheaper... You must differentiate yourself from the pack if you wish to be seen as more valued than the next person. Personally I think it will be great if this is successful as there is a dearth of skilled folks to work on cutting edge projects.

Comment Is it still "your" data in the cloud? (Score 1) 220

The bigger question is, is it still your data in the cloud? If you miss a bill payment will you be able to access it? If the cloud owner doesn't pay the telecom provider or the data center will you be able to access it? What if they file for bankruptcy? Or have their servers repossessed? How ironclad is that contract? They may have oodles of security but is that really what you would base your business decision on? Just some things to think about...

Comment Re:The only way to get noticed is cost... (Score 1) 192

Agreed, just do the metrics of what it costs to run your workload on Amazon, when the Amazon price becomes cheaper then look for another job... This is the way it will go as IT infrastructure is a utility, nothing more. Now if you are doing specialized IT (HPC, healthcare, R&D) that can't be easily moved to the "cloud" it will be staved off a few more years, but in the end I would expect 90%+ of all computing to be done at large data centers that sell cycles... After all it is the bean counters who tend to run everything and unless there is competitive advantage to doing it yourself then why would you want to?

Comment Re:Or find someone to slave for low wages (Score 1) 886

Can you send some of these well experienced 20 year olds over to me? I don't know if I would be willing to bet the security and integrity of my company's data on somebody who ran the servers for LAN parties in the dorms.... There is a big difference between someone who can install and run these apps and someone who can do so in a safe, secure, repeatable manner. If you don't care about things like PCI, HIPPA or SOX then no problem, the minute you are held accountable for what is happening in the IT environment I suspect the calculus changes dramatically. Cowboys and script kiddies need not apply...

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