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Akamai -- The Other Huge Distributed System

Posted by timothy on from the other-other-other dept.

Frisky070802 writes "Technology Review, the MIT alumni magazine, has an article by Simson Garfinkel that compares the huge distributed systems run by Google and Akamai and speculates that Google might even consider buying Akamai. It also discusses the flame-out of Akamai after its tremendous IPO."

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  1. Strong Words! by MikeBouma2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    and speculates that Google might even consider buying Akamai

    Wow, those are strong words. Real hard news here. News for Trolls maybe.

    Mike Bouma
    MCSE, MCSDT, Microsoft Office Expert, Well Respected VB Scripting Genius

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    1. Re:Strong Words! by eadint · · Score: 5, Funny

      MCSE, MCSDT, Microsoft Office Expert, Well Respected VB Scripting Genius

      Sounds like you gave allot of money to MS for nothing.

    2. Re:Strong Words! by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wow, those are strong words. Real hard news here. News for Trolls maybe.

      You didn't hear? Slashdot's fallen on some hard times, and the marketing consultants decided they needed to liven the traffic stats up a bit with a new slogan:

      Slashdot. News for trolls. Stuff that doesn't matter.

    3. Re:Strong Words! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think your post got switched around... I'll correct it for you!

      MCSE, MCSDT, Microsoft Office Expert, Well Respected VB Scripting Genius

      Wow, those are strong words. Real hard news here. News for Trolls maybe.

      Just glad I could help!!

    4. Re:Strong Words! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      HAHAHA

      "MCSE, MCSDT, Microsoft Office Expert, Well Respected VB Scripting Genius"

      How can one be THAT ridiculous?

      You should probably consider adding:
      "I know how to use a FAX machine, a watch and some Xerox copiers"

      Look, no offense, but with such "skills" you should consider McDonalds or some kind of similar position, monkey.

    5. Re:Strong Words! by B4RSK · · Score: 5, Funny

      MCSE, MCSDT, Microsoft Office Expert, Well Respected VB Scripting Genius

      You're, uh, new here, right?

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    6. Re:Strong Words! by Unordained · · Score: 3, Funny

      You've been trolled like nobody's business.
      previously, on slashdot ...

    7. Re:Strong Words! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      Sounds like you gave allot of money to MS for nothing

      And you spent a lot of time at school for nothing

    8. Re:Strong Words! by JET+666 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "and how to set the clock on the vcr"

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    9. Re:Strong Words! by platipusrc · · Score: 2, Funny

      What with most of the hiring managers being fairly old (possibly pre-vcr), that is probably a skill worth mentioning, and may even get you closer to the top of the stack since they have no idea how to do it themselves!

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  2. Slash by strike2867 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets hope we don't Slashdot google. Anyone have a mirror?

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    1. Re:Slash by i_am_pi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. Google Mirror

    2. Re:Slash by nekoniku · · Score: 3, Funny

      I Googled Google and it imploded.

      Sorry... :(

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    3. Re:Slash by strAtEdgE · · Score: 2, Funny

      I prefer the Google cache.

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  3. Re:not surprising by sik0fewl · · Score: 4, Funny

    But not you?

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  4. FlameOut Indeed by frostyboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fall of 1999 - Akamai is at $150 per share shortly after IPO.

    Jan 2000 - Akamai is at $325 per share.

    Now the interesting bit. If someone were to have $650 laying around and bought 2 shares of Akamai in January of 2000, they would have about $28 left now.

    If I had, instead, in January of 2000 bought 59 12 packs of rolling rock beer for $11 each w/deposit (which I assure you was around the going rate back then) in a bottle-deposit state, I could have enjoyed all of that beer and I'd have $36.40 if I turned the bottles back in.

    Moral: drink more beer, speculate on the stock market less

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    1. Re:FlameOut Indeed by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you have $650, why not buy some good beer?

      Tim

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  5. Re:not surprising by bfg9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems McDonald's is also hiring skilled people.

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  6. Personally by chadamir · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that simon and garfinkle should stick to music.

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  7. You should also check out... by halepark · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Simson Garfinkel's other article titled "Parsly, Sayge, Rosemari and Time"

  8. too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I understand that we are not allowed to imagine beowulf clusters of these.

    pity

  9. Re:Akam"ai is still losing money by conteXXt · · Score: 4, Funny

    " I mean, where else is there to turn for something as strong as Akamai for a bursting-load application?"

    This is a Viagra troll, isn't it?

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  10. Re:Gogle uses Akamai already? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    According to this Google already outsources their DNS load balancing to Akamai.

    I hate outsourcing. Outsourcing is destorying our country. Why send jobs overseas when there are plenty of people here already? Saving money isn't worth the long term costs. We should boycot all companies that use outsourcing. I'm going to stop using google and start . . .

    Huh? What?

    Akamai is an American country?

    Oh, that's very different.
    Nevermind.

  11. Simon and Garfunkel?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    When did Simon & Garfunkel become interesting in distributed computing?

  12. Re:Gogle uses Akamai already? by ddent · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know... people are outsouring their telecom needs to so-called "telecom companies"... they outsource their electrical needs to so-called "power companies". Next they will have someone else building their roads!

    Hint: It doesn't always make sense to do everything yourself. Not everything needs to be your core competency.

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  13. Re:Akamai is still losing money (SAVVIS)?? by pdeyhim · · Score: 3, Funny
    They also do the DNS for MSFT and software updates

    This isn't a great recomendation given the recent news about windows update struggling to remain available.