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The Linux kernel has grown more during the last 2-3 years than ever before. Kernel level stuff is something you can't (yet?!?) host in the cloud, which lends cr

The Linux kernel has grown more during the last 2-3 years than ever before. Kernel level stuff is something you can't (yet?!?) host in the cloud, which lends credibility to the original argument.

patrickaljord 16y ago
> Kernel level stuff is something you can't (yet?!?) host in the cloud Really? What do you think all the clouds run on? How about Amazon and other cloud hosting solutions? Isn't that linux (and its kernel) in the cloud?
- barrkel 16y ago
  You don't rent your kernel in a SaaS sense, such that every kernel syscall involves a trans-cloud RPC.
  - zerohp 16y ago
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    - alanh 16y ago
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robryan 16y ago
Linux is also driving the increase in cloud computing though, those web services that are replacing OSS code are being ran on linux, meaning it's really a special case.
- pmjordan 16y ago
  Apart from the virtualisation features, I don't see many additions to the kernel that are driven by the cloud computing industry though. Most of the changes are drivers and revamped subsystems.
  - jdub 16y ago
    "revamped subsystems" ... that's where the new circumstances of "cloud computing" have their impact though (and also a bit of general technology churn, but that also has its roots in changing circumstances). Huge memory, multi-core, I/O (and full stack optimisation for SSDs), network filesystems... all of these huge subsystem revamps are inspired by something. :-)