Topic: "Open Source Business Resource, April 2010: Cloud Services"

[Mark]

http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/1086/1042

The editorial theme for this issue of the OSBR is Cloud Services. The articles in this issue help to clarify the meaning and value of the cloud, dispel myths around cloud services, and demonstrate the role open source can play as enterprises transition to the cloud computing model.

[Bob Garner]

That's going to get Autodesk's panties in a bunch because their business model seems to be to sell subscription services that have much more stuff than we ever really use in our businesses (most of us at least).

[JCTER]

I hate this trend towards "just set us up to autodraft from your bank account and we'll keep doing whatever we want"

[KewlToyZ]

Autodesk has put so many things out there, but we only use it to have compatibility for the libraries of our clients variety.
We still just use plain old AutoCAD objects.

[sinc]

That's going to get Autodesk's panties in a bunch because their business model seems to be to sell subscription services that have much more stuff than we ever really use in our businesses (most of us at least).

Not necessarily.  I've seen signs that Autodesk is moving some things in the direction of cloud computing.  The business model there is to sell you subscription access to the cloud, which gives businesses power that most of them probably won't use.