IBM gives up fight to build CIA's $600m secret cloud, hands deal to Amazon

[David Morris]

Floating on literal water?  Somebody is still reality based.

Floating sounds cooler than deep underground, but is less safe from attack.

David Morris

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Rich Clavey wrote:

> Supposedly a floating data haven is what they are attempting. But they
> will get a lot of resistance for pumping all that hot water into the ocean.
> SF Bay would not necessarily be the final placement. I think the the
> Arctic/Antarctica is a much better idea.
> Rich
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> On Wed, 10/30/13, Christopher Simon <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
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>  Subject: RE: IBM gives up fight to build CIA's $600m secret cloud, hands
> dealto Amazon
>  To: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com <javascript:;>>, "Robin Landseadel" <
> robinlandseadel at comcast.net <javascript:;>>
>  Cc: "“pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:;>“" <pynchon-l at waste.org<javascript:;>
> >
>  Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 4:11 PM
>
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>  Those barges are crazy. One-upping
>  Facebook's city? A floating data haven? Take to the
>  sea!
>
>
>  From: rich
>  Sent: 10/30/2013 2:38 PM
>  To: Robin
>  Landseadel
>  Cc: “pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:;>“
>  Subject: Re:
>  IBM gives up fight to build CIA's $600m secret cloud,
>  hands dealto Amazon
>
>
>  a-and what is Google building in SF Bay?
>
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>  On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at
>  1:05 PM, Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net <javascript:;>>
>  wrote:
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>  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/ibm_amazon_court_ko/
>  -
>  Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
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