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Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video)
Curtis Peterson says admins who hang onto their servers instead of moving into the cloud are 'Server Huggers,' a term he makes sound like 'Horse Huggers,' a phrase that once might have been used to describe hackney drivers who didn't want to give up their horse-pulled carriages in favor of gasoline-powered automobiles. Curtis is VP of Operations for RingCentral, a cloud-based VOIP company, so he's obviously made the jump to the cloud himself. And he has reassuring words for sysadmins who are afraid the move to cloud-based computing is going to throw them out of work. He says there are plenty of new cloud computing opportunities springing up for those who have enough initiative and savvy to grab onto them, by which he obviously means you, right?
There's a Chromium extension replacing all occurences of ”in the cloud” by ”in my butt”. Conveys the same message.
:wq
What, you're saying that cloud servers don't manage themself? This is outrageous!
It's Adobe's fault for hugging their cloud servers instead of putting them in the cloud....
Koans and fables for the software engineer
No you see if you are an admin at a cloud service provider you should just place all your cloud servers in the cloud cloud.
There's a Chromium extension replacing all occurences of ”in my butt” by ”in my butt”. Conveys the same message.
Anybody who doesn't understand this is either a complete retard or a filthy, lying marketeer.
You've got a bad assumption there -- namely that the two are mutually exclusive. It seems to me that the first is a PREREQUISITE for the second. So, by definition, if he's a filthy, lying marketeer, he's also a complete retard.
By the way, my guess is that he's both.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
* Hugging a server may block its vents, reducing airflow and operational life.
* When hugging a server, you may inadvertently disconnect important cables.
* Hugging a server may put your clothes—or you—in contact with dangerous high-speed fans.
* While hugging a server, you are likely interfering with the admins who are trying to get actual work done.
* Driving while hugging a server is a hazard and illegal in many states.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?