When I read this news about facebook coming up with 6 pack switches, it sounded as funny as facebook trying to show 6 pack abs to already established networking giants. I don't know why some companies dare to get into an area which is not even remotely adjacent. The only adjacency i can think of is facebook is social "networking" giant but that's about it. They just can not compete with networking giants and in fact there is not even a comparison. There is a lot of difference between building a networking device and creating social networking service on top of it
If I was one of the facebook investors, I would be really worried about my stakes. Knowing they are using their own devices to manage their social networking infra structure, what guarantee can you provide for quality of service. Any service provider as a matter of fact does not ideally use their own infra structure but relies on one and more external vendors to build resilient network and provide quality of service.
It's time facebook focuses more on improving their social networking service to stay afloat and they can not afford to add infrastructure level issues. I hope they don't take user granted for quality of service and performance they would eventually provide to end user on their own infrastructure. They should realise that they are in a space where it takes less time to go to dust than to rise.
I wonder if facebook really cares. Thankfully I quit facebook but when you see next time facebook is down or slow, you know who to blame.
If I was one of the facebook investors, I would be really worried about my stakes. Knowing they are using their own devices to manage their social networking infra structure, what guarantee can you provide for quality of service. Any service provider as a matter of fact does not ideally use their own infra structure but relies on one and more external vendors to build resilient network and provide quality of service.
It's time facebook focuses more on improving their social networking service to stay afloat and they can not afford to add infrastructure level issues. I hope they don't take user granted for quality of service and performance they would eventually provide to end user on their own infrastructure. They should realise that they are in a space where it takes less time to go to dust than to rise.
I wonder if facebook really cares. Thankfully I quit facebook but when you see next time facebook is down or slow, you know who to blame.
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