On Friday 27 January 2006 08:43, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <200601270232.12528.Thomas.Sparrevohn_at_btinternet.com>, Thomas > Sparre > > vohn writes: > >On Thursday 26 January 2006 06:06, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > >> I wonder how many people still bill for CPU time? I'd go for the > >> faster context switches. > > > >Almost all major ITO's providers - From SUN, HP, IBM, EDS etc. has > > offerings that in some shape or other uses a "Utility model" based upon > > some sort of financial model based upon actual CPU/IO etc. usage - It is > > a major area now and provides one of the corner stones in the movement > > towards "Public Utility models" > > Should we also add that all these initiatives are spectacular commercial > failures because users hate to buy rubberband by the inch ? Thats true to some extent - however the fundamental idea - I don't see anything wrong with - and I am not going into the "do'es and don't" of the financials behind utility models - but it does look like that is the direction everything is taking and a accounting model that allows better understanding of whether is indeed viable would benefit everybodyReceived on Sat Jan 28 2006 - 13:58:41 UTC
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