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Re:Don't use Hadoop when your data isn't that big (2013) by threeseed on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:11PM (#14404253)
100M people have downloaded apps I wrote. I know all about the issues with iCloud.

But as a web service that underpins so much of iOS it is still on a scale and complexity that rivals anything Google and Facebook has. Apple doesn't get enough credit for actually make this work on a daily basis.

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Re:Don't use Hadoop when your data isn't that big (2013) by titanomachy on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:56AM (#14407688)
Well, they get hundreds of billions of dollars. I doubt they feel unappreciated.
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Re:Don't use Hadoop when your data isn't that big (2013) by zaphar on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @09:12AM (#14409729)
iCloud is impressive and is easily on a scale that most companies will never reach. But Google and Facebook are on an entirely different level. The comparison isn't even close. iCloud isn't a rival. It's more of a distant cousin.

They definitely deserve credit for making it work because even at their scale it's an amazing feat. But there's no comparison to Google or Facebook's scale.

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