That statement translates to "Probably never" !! how many platforms (of any kind) exist that have billions of users? half a dozen, if that? followed by some in the hundreds of millions followed by many more in the hundreds of thousands (which is a happy place to be for a startup) - if a platform reaches the heights of likes of fb and others, lets be honest, building their own cloud platform is going to be the least of their worries.
That statement translates to "Probably never" !! how many platforms (of any kind) exist that have billions of users? half a dozen, if that? followed by some in the hundreds of millions followed by many more in the hundreds of thousands (which is a happy place to be for a startup) - if a platform reaches the heights of likes of fb and others, lets be honest, building their own cloud platform is going to be the least of their worries.
It sounds like an example of an overprovisioned solution, but what do I care? it's your company's money, not mine.