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Spot on! I like to compare it to building mobile apps. You can create an HTML based app that works on Android and iOS but it won’t take advantage of many of the
by mmcconnell1618 8y ago
Spot on! I like to compare it to building mobile apps. You can create an HTML based app that works on Android and iOS but it won’t take advantage of many of the native platform features. Similarly, VMs and block storage will run in any cloud but won’t be optimized for any vendor. It’s portability vs. optimized for the provider.
- gaius 8y agoit won’t take advantage of many of the native platform features Kinda like how back in the day you could use Java and AWT just provided either the lowest common denominator widgets, or rendered the widgets itself to be equally unsatisfactory everywhere. Those who forget history...