“Open” means more than just an API…Google’s Data Liberation Project Ponies Up
This is chewy goodness.
Short and sweet from the Googleborg via a Webmonkey article titled “Pack Up Your Data and Leave Whenever You Want, It’s the New Rule of the Cloud:”
Users should be able to control the data they store in any of Google’s products. Our team’s goal is to make it easier for them to move data in and out.
Bravo. Brian Fitzpatrick and his team gains major street cred here; they’re up-front about the benefits to both end-users and Google. Openness and transparency benefit everyone.
Read more about the project at dataliberation.org
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Certainly a great initiative….any customer would prefer a vendor who offers no lock-in mechanisms; in fact i would say when evaluating a contract one should give negative points/ratings if there is a lock-in clause present.
I have seen a large Indian ISP whose contract says you should offer 90 days notice for service termination. IMO this is absolute nonsense, what if the reason is such as poor service, non-compliance, etc?
I liked your article is an interesting technology
thanks to google I found you