Cloud Transparency

Radovan wrote a comment on Werner's article about cloud transparency. I agree that operators need monitoring and developers want to optimize their apps. However I don't understand how these needs relate to (location) transparency. I think that this is rather about functionality (e.g. OOTB performance and right management tools) that the cloud offers.

I see a little schizophrenia in the AWS messaging. "We (AWS) want developers to play with all nuts and bolts, optimize, monitor, and trace at the network packet level. And when the code jumps into our queuing, simple db, payment or whatever other high-level service then forget all transparency, close your eyes and cross your fingers." :-)

I think that different developers have different needs in terms of the right transparency level. IMO AWS is heavily used by web developers. I believe that particularly web developers will lean towards higher transparency, packaged high-level services and easy deployment.

Radovan, what do you think about the Google AppEngine?

Ema & Anna

Erika gave birth to Ema and Anna last Thursday. You can see few very bad quality (iPhone) photos of our newborns on my Flickr.