Platform Truths
# Platform owners have the power
# Innovations migrate into the platform
# Some platform owners want to control the whole system
# Platform owners need their applications, but they are destined to absorb the best of them into the platform.
This article shows you step-by-step how easy it is to integrate Amazon S3 into your Rails application, using freely available tools, and shows you how to keep your total costs to a minimum.
From 2002 to 2006, some 40 percent of Web 2.0 deals were located in the Bay Area. That figure dropped to just 20 percent during the first half. Even New England drew more money for Web 2.0 deals than Silicon Valley, according to the survey.
Streaming video has a similar cost structure to many text- and graphics-based Internet businesses, with three significant additional costs: bandwidth, storage, and transcoding. Each of these items increases the costs associated with video streaming…