Ten predictions (2004)

Re:Ten predictions (2004) by leoedin on Friday February 15, 2013 @08:09AM (#5225932)

I'm not sure if that's what he means. The discussion of the point specifically mentions applications like bug trackers and wikis - not software that tends to be developed in house. Heroku is generally used for hosting applications that you wrote, rather than for hosting open source stacks developed by others (e.g. phpBB or MediaWiki).

Saying that, it all falls under the general trend of providing system administration as a service. Given how much ongoing effort is required to maintain secure, up to date and efficient servers, this is probably a good thing.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ten predictions (2004) by johndavidback on Friday February 15, 2013 @08:54AM (#5226126)

That's very true, good point. I that this was a case of being mostly right and not realizing just how right he is in certain respects:

> most small development shops would pay a monthly fee not to have to administer the apps themselves.

and

> But would an external dev team trust some big company like Amazon with with their intellectual property?

and

> So I predict that someone will come along and offer an innovation hosting service, and make a lot of money off it.

OP had his finger on the pulse of tech, though, that much is certain.

[ Parent | on HN ]