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Don’t Be Afraid to Outsource

“If you want to keep your money safe, do you keep it under your mattress at home, or put it in a bank?”

– Paul Graham, on business’ misguided hesitancy to outsource core functions to web services such as salesforce.com
The Other Road Ahead

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Categories: Business, Web 2.0.

By Nivi
— January 1, 2006 at 7:19 pm





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  1. Another compelling example of good outsourcing: Even Bill Gates, who can easily afford to retain his own personal medical staff, goes to doctors who see, and learn from, lots of other patients.

    David Cowan — January 2, 2006 @ 10:28 am —

  2. Banks are trustworthy because the federal government insures deposits (FDIC). Before such rules were insituted, people didn’t “trust” banks very much and the stereotypical “run on a bank” wasn’t just something we saw in movies, but a real life occurrence.

    Until hosted web services offer something similar to FDIC (e.g., better than a standard SLA), the two can’t really be compared.

    Jerry — June 28, 2006 @ 8:09 am —