Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Cloud and Batch Size


The cloud seems to have lean effects on software development:
In the Wintel world, new versions of Microsoft Windows came out every few years, with major software projects tied to desktops and laptops. By contrast, in less than five years Apple has announced six versions of its mobile operating system. Google’s operating system for cloud-connected laptops, called Chrome, is updated every six weeks.
Full article here.