"To start, he believes he’s eliminated the technical advantages enjoyed by Amazon, Google and Yahoo.
"<p>I hope this is just reporter hyperbole, and not a real quote, because if not, that's pretty arrogant, and from a quick glance, pretty wrong ....<p>(I can certainly understand if he <i>hopes</i> to achieve that, but to think he already has is, well, hubris)
"Open Compute is an initiative that Facebook started three years ago to help big computing centers add the kind of cost cuts and efficiency gains that open-source software — where programmers share ideas and code across company, university and even national boundaries — to single computer servers and Web management.<p>If that sounds technical, you’re right."<p>I've read that first sentence 10 times and I'm still not sure how it parses as English.
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In the video that accompanies this article, Mark talks about how one of his goals is to bring down the cost of subscribing to data access on just your phone.<p>I know this is elementary, but I just realized that each year I spend $1,200 on the ability to access data on my phone. That is a pretty hefty expense.
Maybe I'm jaded by perennial Internet jargon, but I couldn't find any content in this article.<p>Sample of many words written with nothing said: <i>"People are starting new businesses made for the way customers want to consume technology – more flexible, with more choice and control"</i>. Mm. Enlightening.