UC Berkley on cloud computing - Excellent summary

eecs.berkeley.edu

4 pointsanirudh1 comment

Cloud Computing transfers the risks of over-provisioning or under-provisioning to the Cloud Computing provider

Bingo. Plus low cost-of-entry, etc. Sun's Schwartz had a good parallel with electrical plants.

(Good paper, but 11 authors for 20 pages and 43 references ? Envy of high-energy physics, or just a soccer team ? ;-)