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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:42PM (#23431401)
You know? When you hire someone to manage some VPS or dedicated server in some DC, why not have them manage your own rack(s) connected via your own fiber on premise instead?

That is one thing i fail to understand, since it goes against the lore of decentralized, packet switching, nuke proof, and so on.

It may have been prohibitively expensive for many in the not so recent past, but it isn't anymore in more and more places. Even redundantly connected.

And to be honest, some pizzeria or hairdresser could be run from some NAS.

Just search for someFAANG is down on HN, to get a feel for the ripples it causes globally when they have a hiccup.

How is that different?

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by sitkack on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:08PM (#23431758)
It really is about the affordances of getting access to space, power and the network. Nothing is hard individually, but not knowing how to navigate the landscape is much more daunting than typing some numbers into a web page.
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