[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] As a service - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Tue, Aug 26 2008 12:16 bradley

As a service

Okay I am getting used to SaaS (software as a service).  I can handle HaaS (Hardware as a service) but now we have PaaS...which is depending on whom you read... either

http://smbitpros.com/2008/08/25/purchasing-as-a-service/ Procurement as a Service or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_as_a_service Platform as a Service 

Now if you ask me PAAS is not either one, but the easter egg coloring kits we buy every year.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paas

When they get to Life as a Service (LaaS) then I'll know we've gone too far in the abbreviations.

One of the worst abbreviations in the techonlogy industry is POS.  Which, yes, I know means Point of Sale, but dang do I have to sometimes mentally shift my mind to think of it as Point of Sale as sometimes you never know if someone is ranting about a Piece of.... well you know.

So what other "as a service" do we have out there?

BaaS?  Blogging as a Service?

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# re: As a service

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:55 PM by David

SaaS: Sarcasm as a Service

# re: As a service

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:19 PM by Brian

Service As A Service? That one always gets forgotten.

# re: As a service

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:38 PM by Ricardo Santos

well, I'm sending this from my avatar, part of my complimentary AaaS (avatar-as-a-service), part of my subscription to LaaS (Live-as-a-service), a component of UaaS (universe-as-a-service).

I'm just guessing here but ... errrr ... in what part of CaaS (Cloud-as-a-service) are you? And what UaaS provider?

You never heard of XaaS (anything-as-a-service) ?? :-D

C'mon guys ... seriously ... it's just $10 USDaaS/month ... and it takes you less than 1 second-as-a-service ;-) to subscribe.

Seeya-as-a-service

* this goes to prove my point: SaaS = S****dity-as-a-Service , unless we all cool down a bit. Cheers