-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/01/2010 12:54 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> [...] >>>> [...] >>>>> Imagine that technology applied to actual applications.... That run >>>>> anywhere HTML5 does. Our idea of the desktop is gone. [...] >>> Question please: do you envision Redhat creating specific applications for the cloud, running actual clouds, or creating software to enable the creation of applications for the cloud? Would Redhat be trying to do software akin to Google's Summer of Code? I think of Redhat as an integrator. I'm sure Redhat creates and maintains and collaborates to have a number of utilities to assist in integration. Forgive me for being naive, but what applications, other than stuff for integration, does Redhat do? It's hard, for me, to guess what applications Redhat may decide to work on. I would think people who specialize in a particular application space would do that application best. I would think the people who do accounting packages or project management software or HR software would do their specialty best. It's hard for me to see what software Redhat might create to enable cloud applications. I would think people who specialize in certain compilers/libraries/linkers/editors would provide the software for more easily separating applications into the front end and back end. Could Redhat become known as an "expert" resource for helping companies rewrite applications to make applications suitable for cloud computing? I hesitate to give the following advice, but will anyway. I've been in other companies where the company tried to start something "new" when the existing stuff was well established and going strong. The only way the "new" thing got traction and resources was to make the "new" thing a subsidiary with a very, very strong manager, a manager very high in executive management able to fight for the "new" thing. Otherwise, when push comes to shove, recessions occur and companies have problems, the "new" thing will be looked upon as a second class citizen and starved of resources. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyp3Q8ACgkQyc8Kn0p/AZRH6QCeLsbs+82TY6FiDYMsDvg4uewZ iPMAmgLzSGMm+pLemxyMUuBWX/tq8ESk =8BDr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
