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I apologize if this is a silly question, but what exactly does "computer company" mean? I read the link. I see "oxide computer" which makes me think, oh is this

I apologize if this is a silly question, but what exactly does "computer company" mean? I read the link. I see "oxide computer" which makes me think, oh is this one of those newfangled oxide transistor but I clicked a few links like oxide computer principles of operation hoping to get an idea of what this is but instead I see some stuff about candor, empathy which is not what I thought principles meant in this context. I looked through the comments hoping to see someone explain it but no win there. Oh well. I'm sure someone will explain it.

sdan 7y ago
This is a bad landing page. 1. Bad HN title (doesn't say anything about what they did about the computer they made) 2. Landing page image has some generic background and as far as I saw, no tangible product, other than some shelves of their latest workspace. 3. If they could just include some diagram here or there and put some bold text/say they're building AWS for people/startups, that'd be great and to the point Not bashing them, but just some thoughts I had about their presentation. Regardless, I'm extremely excited for what they're building. Been waiting for something like this to pop up.
- LeonM 7y ago
  > Landing page image has some generic background and as far as I saw, no tangible product, other than some shelves of their latest workspace. From Jessie's blog post [0] it looks like this is the actual garage where she supposedly started the company. But I agree, there is absolute zero information on the product they are planning to build. Probably because they are still working on fundraising. [0] https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/born-in-a-garage/ https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/born-in-a-garage/
- dmix 7y ago
  It's amazing it has >400 upvotes at all.
  - wyldfire 7y ago
    I suspect upvoters have some context that's implied by knowing the domain of these founders or their previous work.
OutsmartDan 7y ago
I am also quite confused. After looking at the homepage, I have no idea of what this company does.
herodotus 7y ago
Their main landing page: "Oxide is building a new kind of server. True rack-scale design, bringing cloud hyperscale innovations around density, efficiency, cost, reliability, manageability, and security to everyone running on-premises compute infrastructure."
- ryandrake 7y ago
  They forgot to add “blockchain” and “machine learning” to complete their BINGO card. “cloud hyperscale innovations” is a good one, though—haven’t heard that one yet.
  - cldellow 7y ago
    "Hyperscaler" does have a meaning in the data centre world, and their use of it here speaks to the benefits they hope to deliver, so it's not 100% a marketing buzzword.
  - infinitezest 7y ago
    Add also "built with ️"
bhaavan 7y ago
Their company mission is to kick-butt. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- recursive 7y ago
  Hell, I'll kick my own butt for a million less.
- filereaper 7y ago
  Its from a quote by Scott McNealy, the CEO of Sun and is regarded as the final epitaph of Sun. >Kick butt, have fun, don’t cheat, love our customers, change computing forever
streetcat1 7y ago
It is a company whose product is hardware. For example: Sun, HP, Apple.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  Looks like vaporware with nothing to distinguish themselves from the incumbents. Are they going to do anything special other than put their branding on Taiwanese boards?

sdan 7y ago

This is a bad landing page. 1. Bad HN title (doesn't say anything about what they did about the computer they made) 2. Landing page image has some generic background and as far as I saw, no tangible product, other than some shelves of their latest workspace. 3. If they could just include some diagram here or there and put some bold text/say they're building AWS for people/startups, that'd be great and to the point Not bashing them, but just some thoughts I had about their presentation. Regardless, I'm extremely excited for what they're building. Been waiting for something like this to pop up.

LeonM 7y ago
> Landing page image has some generic background and as far as I saw, no tangible product, other than some shelves of their latest workspace. From Jessie's blog post [0] it looks like this is the actual garage where she supposedly started the company. But I agree, there is absolute zero information on the product they are planning to build. Probably because they are still working on fundraising. [0] https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/born-in-a-garage/ https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/born-in-a-garage/
dmix 7y ago
It's amazing it has >400 upvotes at all.
- wyldfire 7y ago
  I suspect upvoters have some context that's implied by knowing the domain of these founders or their previous work.

OutsmartDan 7y ago

I am also quite confused. After looking at the homepage, I have no idea of what this company does.

herodotus 7y ago

Their main landing page: "Oxide is building a new kind of server. True rack-scale design, bringing cloud hyperscale innovations around density, efficiency, cost, reliability, manageability, and security to everyone running on-premises compute infrastructure."

ryandrake 7y ago
They forgot to add “blockchain” and “machine learning” to complete their BINGO card. “cloud hyperscale innovations” is a good one, though—haven’t heard that one yet.
- cldellow 7y ago
  "Hyperscaler" does have a meaning in the data centre world, and their use of it here speaks to the benefits they hope to deliver, so it's not 100% a marketing buzzword.
- infinitezest 7y ago
  Add also "built with ️"

bhaavan 7y ago

Their company mission is to kick-butt. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

recursive 7y ago
Hell, I'll kick my own butt for a million less.
filereaper 7y ago
Its from a quote by Scott McNealy, the CEO of Sun and is regarded as the final epitaph of Sun. >Kick butt, have fun, don’t cheat, love our customers, change computing forever

streetcat1 7y ago

It is a company whose product is hardware. For example: Sun, HP, Apple.

kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
Looks like vaporware with nothing to distinguish themselves from the incumbents. Are they going to do anything special other than put their branding on Taiwanese boards?