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Yes, but with pay-for-software model, I have the option not to upgrade. That may mean that I am not covered by warranty any longer and cannot get support for my version, but a) I can still use it and b) if the company goes under I'm not scrambling to find an alternative.
It seems to me that that PaaS and SaaS have a customer trust issue. You have to believe the company is rock solid or the company has to have some sort of escrow account to ensure operations for a period of time if they are failing.
At least with IaaS, most of it is virtualized and you can hopefully move your image to another provider in minutes.
This XaaS stuff is great, but, wait, what's the catch?
Blogger: JP Morgenthal It's really difficult to be objective about XaaS when it seems that no matter what technical argument you can make against it is ultimately trumped by cost. Yet, look at the success of companies like NetSuite and Salesforce.com; how can you argue against the model with...
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