Here’s an interesting question – What’ll happen to application performance if the Obama healthcare plan passes?
I’m not just talking about the impact it would have on the networks of the medical industries, but across the entirety of the U.S. economy.
Now, the Obama plan is both controversial and the coverage and interpretations are steeped in misinformation. I’ve known supporters that believe that the plan will give them a free robot and puppy, and detractors who fear that they’ll have to install a crystal in the palm of their hands that will start blinking when they reach “lastday.”
But whatever the actual result of the plan is, people who think the public option would be sufficient for their needs (and who thought that independently purchased private insurance isn’t) might seriously consider quitting their jobs and starting their own businesses. And among the many people starting a corner pizza store or barbershop or Spatula Cityfranchise, there’s got to be a few talented people starting their own tech startups delivering cloud apps or Web apps, which have lower barriers to entry than desktop or server application development.
Some of these applications may have compelling features – so companies may switch over to these Web apps. Granted, this is already happening today, but the point I’m trying to make is that this single piece of legislation which has nearly nothing to do with networks may cause a very rapid jump in the number of cloud apps you have to support in your organization. Kinda freakonomicsy, but there you go.
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