In fact the BYOC model has some tension and perverse incentives. Most of their billing models are priced as the number of nodes under management. Their way to increase revenue is to add more nodes to your cluster! An optimization that shrinks node count will drop revenue. The SaaS provider has the opposite incentive - it optimizes its stack at ever... See more
This chapter explores the visceral and performative dimensions of activist networking through a comparative ethnographic analysis of anti-corporate globalization mobilizations in Prague and Barcelona.
Yes, but Mexico was the only country that had sponsored the Republic, and was also the only country where the relocation of Republican exiles was state sponsored. Approximately 25,000 exiles arrived during the war, and around a quarter of them belonged to the cultural and scientific elite of pre-war Spain and helped stablish what would later become... See more
My anecdotal evidence generally seems to support the idea that group sizes will usually plateau at a number lower than 150 participants. This comes from 20 years of doing facilitation both on and offline, running several software companies, and running various forums at America Online. In particular, many online communities provide good evidence fo... See more