Overall agree but “The market” created this problem. We cannot rely on it to solve it.
We need open standards, and lowering the barriers to entry, not creating “the European Google” or “the AWS of France”.
A book vaguely related to the topic is “the internet con” by Cory Doctorow. He explains how google and aws didn’t just “happen” but are a product and the beneficiary of a process of erosion of antitrust laws.
The main issue with AWS and GCP and Azure is they’re effectively a triopoly controlled by the Americans.
We need to dump a fat stack into a plurality of providers, ideally operating as national champions.
Something atop of OpenStack maybe. But OpenStack seems bloated as fuck.
Overall agree but “The market” created this problem. We cannot rely on it to solve it.
We need open standards, and lowering the barriers to entry, not creating “the European Google” or “the AWS of France”.
A book vaguely related to the topic is “the internet con” by Cory Doctorow. He explains how google and aws didn’t just “happen” but are a product and the beneficiary of a process of erosion of antitrust laws.