Getting quoted in respected publications is an honor. Except – your quote may end up sounding quite different from the intent. Such is the case of the MIT Technology Review, which makes it sound like 
@krishnan is dumping on recently launched SpotCloud. Not exactly. You read it here @CloudAve first:
SpotCloud Launches Today: What Kind Of An Impact Will It Have?
In my reading it’s a fair and balanced review. Like any analyst worth his salt Krish did not just blindly praise SpotCloud, but pointed out potential issues they would have to deal with. That’s what analysts do. His conclusion, if somewhat reserved, overall positive:
SpotCloud has a great potential to be a trendsetter and a major player in the open federated future many of us are envisioning. However, they do face a steep climb up before they become viable in the long term. It is a good start and we will have to see how they fare in the coming year or two. We will have to wait and see.
Except .. MIT Tech Review only grabbed the “challenging” part, out of context. Oh, well, that’s what journalists do. She already had a “good cop” in @benkepes, now she needed a bad one. An article with conflict makes better reading. And now Krish is stuck with the Bad Cop role.
Dear Clouderati: read his post.
I’m positive about SpotCloud becuase I think it is a good concept. I also disagree that the issues that Krish brings up are hugely important for this kind of “clearing house” play.
I didn’t blindly praise SpotCloud (not sure if your comment refers to me WRT that) but rather was bullish about something I see as important and necessary.
And just to clarify SpotCloud, Enomaly nor Reuven himself have ever paid me a cent to say nice things about them, although I dare say both Krish and I will get a beer out of Ruv at CloudConnect
Dude, talk to people following the enterprise space and let people say that it is meaningless talk. I can line up enterprise customers (not sellers) saying this is hugely important to them. I speak on behalf of customers and state how they see it. I will be more than willing to discuss this topic more deeply. If needed we can bring in customers and ask them about their opinion on what they think about it.
Ben, relax, you’re reading too much into this.
I’ve simply stated it’s standard journalistic trick to create conflict, or let’s not even go that far, just to quote differing opinions, and since she already had the positive quote from you, she picked the “negative” one from Krish, and that quote does not properly reflect Krish’s overall assessment of SpotCloud.
And no, I did not call your post blind praise…
Sweet, thanks Zoli. Hot day in Christchurch and there’s a buildup of heat under my collar 😉
Hot day? Dude, I had hail here today!
Yes, the world needs pundits, I was just stating my opinion that krish’s comments seem rather one sided. And yes, possibly/probably out of context.
Btw, Krish and I worked it out, we’re still friends 😉