Comments on: Time to Think Twice About Free http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/01/time-to-think-twice-about-free/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Zviki http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/01/time-to-think-twice-about-free/#comment-309406 Zviki Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:01:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=5390#comment-309406 It's the same question when you host your blog or user forum on a different site. No doubt, the SAAS world has its' own challenges and this is one of the major ones. It’s the same question when you host your blog or user forum on a different site.

No doubt, the SAAS world has its’ own challenges and this is one of the major ones.

]]> By: Ideas At Random ... http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/01/time-to-think-twice-about-free/#comment-309330 Ideas At Random ... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:26:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=5390#comment-309330 A Web 2.0 "free lunch" should offer a data "doggy bag" ;) A Web 2.0 “free lunch” should offer a data “doggy bag” ;)

]]> By: rick http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/01/time-to-think-twice-about-free/#comment-309329 rick Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:11:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=5390#comment-309329 Mike, I don't think the issue is free vs pay, but rather risk. I Want Sandy, for example, was a one person shop. That's ALWAYS a risk and something you should know going in. Only one person has to decide to do something different and poof, service gone. I also think you're mistaken on the local = more reliable equation. For you, being technical, it might be. But for many people they would not know to have a Subversion server backed up, on RAID, etc. At the end of the day, the cloud doesn't let business owner wash their hands of thinking about service outages, data security, reliability and disaster recovery. A cloud service is just one more option, but the planning still has to be done. Mike,

I don’t think the issue is free vs pay, but rather risk. I Want Sandy, for example, was a one person shop. That’s ALWAYS a risk and something you should know going in. Only one person has to decide to do something different and poof, service gone.

I also think you’re mistaken on the local = more reliable equation. For you, being technical, it might be. But for many people they would not know to have a Subversion server backed up, on RAID, etc.

At the end of the day, the cloud doesn’t let business owner wash their hands of thinking about service outages, data security, reliability and disaster recovery. A cloud service is just one more option, but the planning still has to be done.

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