> It’s only a matter of time before easy-to-use open source technology becomes available to everyone
I believe people have been saying that to me for thirty years now, but I'm younger than my peers. ;)
In the context of cloud services specifically, I think that's even less true than in the OS space. Half the benefit of clouds is someone else is maintaining the infrastructure, the backups, the ubiquitous connectivity, etc. None of those are trivial to handle as a solo project, and attempts to make them easier compete with free (as in time).
I believe people have been saying that to me for thirty years now, but I'm younger than my peers. ;)
In the context of cloud services specifically, I think that's even less true than in the OS space. Half the benefit of clouds is someone else is maintaining the infrastructure, the backups, the ubiquitous connectivity, etc. None of those are trivial to handle as a solo project, and attempts to make them easier compete with free (as in time).