Application Platforms: The Next Cloud Computing Battleground?

Seems like every great battle has a good guy, a bad guy, and perhaps an even uglier monster of a thing to contend with. If you’ve ever opened a new server box, and hours later found yourself at wits’ end searching through manuals trying to figure out why the heck the thing won’t boot properly, you’ve faced ugly head-on. This article discusses the forces at play in the rise of Platform-as-a-Service offerings.