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Whoah! That is a lot!
I can't fathom filling even a terabyte, but can't help but wonder about this going the same way was those unlimited wireless data plans, where something like less than one percentage of users will use over 99% of the resources, until the providers decide to alter the conditions a bit.
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Whoah! That
is a lot!
I can't fathom filling even a terabyte, but can't help but wonder about this going the same way was those unlimited wireless data plans, where something like less than one percentage of users will use over 99% of the resources, until the providers decide to alter the conditions a bit.
MS obviously knows that most of the users aren't going to use more that a few hundred GB.. after all, the backend storage may be huge, but there are only so many hard drives in the world at any given point. It's all about marketing. Throw a deal out there that's too attractive to pass up, and a lot of folks are going to jump on it. Once they're there, people are generally reluctant to switch to another provider or technology, so they've basically reeled in a customer for life. Cloud storage is in its baby days, and it's really a brilliant marketing move by Microsoft. When, in the future, cloud becomes THE storage technology, they already have their customer base in the bag.
All while increasing penetration of MS Office into the business app world (like they need it), and helping to move the existing user base from buy-it-once CD/DVD software distribution over to 365's subscription model.
Clever folks.
One thing that stuff like this does, though, is drive innovation. You can bet that after the announcement yesterday, bright young minds all over the country are sitting around today wondering to themselves "hmmm, how can I take advantage of unlimited online storage?". It'll be interesting to see where it all leads.