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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Of course, there are still caveats - can they pass data security audits, what is your downtime risk and cost of downtime, what's the risk of the platform vendor. He sees this as similar to what happened with SMTP, POP, HTTP, etc. Only guarantee for longevity is if you have options.

Platform 150
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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

Course 280