[NFBCS] Cloud questions:

[David Andrews]

NFBNET.ORG also runs on Linode, and has for about 10 years.  I am not 
the user Brian is -- but it meets my needs!

Dave

At 01:20 PM 5/9/2023, you wrote:
>         hello Charles.  The short answer to your question is: 
> yes.  The long answer is, the
>difficulty of using a particular cloud service depends on the cloud 
>provider you're using and
>the specific service you're using from that cloud 
>provider.  Different folks will have
>different comments on this topic, depending on their experience and 
>the jobs they have to do.
>In the past year, I've become quite familiar with Linode, now owned 
>by Akamai, and I have to say
>I've been quite impressed with the accessibility of the products 
>I've used.  Once the initial
>account is set up, all cloud services can be initiated and 
>maintained using their linode CLI,
>which is a python based suite of tools.  Unfortunately, all these 
>service providers are
>continually changing and updating their service offerings, mostly to 
>keep up with Amazon's AWS
>services or Microsoft Azure, so whether a specific service is 
>accessible always remains an open
>question.  So far, knock wood, Linode has done an excellent job of 
>providing accessible
>technology.
>
>-thanks
>-Brian