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Google and the new punk era of IT

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Reg Developer; By Cormac O'Reilly
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Google recently shocked the IT world by revealing that it actually builds its own servers, a strategy delivering economic advantage over its competitors, and leaving corporate IT departments in the dust. The technology press was full of the industry's reaction, chiding Google and reminding us that conventional wisdom is that traditional server companies like Dell, have the unbeatable advantages of economies of scale and manufacturing know-how. Turns out that thinking is plain wrong.

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Hey Cormac,

thanks for your great and insightful commentary on the original article from Computerworld, NZ. But even if I can only speak for myself here, I would have preferred if you had put a link to the printable version of your article - much easier to read, and with less ads. I know that this wouldn't be in the interest of your ad customers, but still...

Anyway: great reading; thanks!

cheers, wjl

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