A revolution is taking shape

No corporate computing system, not even those operated by big companies, can match the efficiency, speed, and flexibility of plants such as Google's. One analyst estimates that Google can carry out a computing task for one-tenth of what it costs a typical company. Full Story »

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by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 30, 2008

This essay is largely based on Carr's new book, and hence he is by no means a neutral party in this issue. I found this informative, though some big claims about the effects of this computing revolution (e.g. "growing concentration of wealth in a small slice of the population.") are made without evidence.

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