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Like railroads of yore, who were not allowed to provide freight services on top of their base services, cloud providers would not be allowed to provide services on top of their base platform services. Vertical separation would be new to the cloud industry. Is it a good idea? Would it actually solve any problems? My answers are no and no, but probably not for the reasons you think. Let's dive in. Here are a few useful resources for exploring this argument: Now Cory is about 100x times smarter than I am, but this analogy is wrong: So this remedy is also wrong: Because this idea, while trivially true, misses the point: This is like saying there is no human body, it's just a collection of cells. While true, it is the lesser truth that fails to recognize the importance of the body, organs, and the adaptive function of the brain. That's what a cloud provider is; it's the body electric for the cloud. The report by Professor Jenny seems to be the main support for cleaving cloud providers in tw
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