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> we're going to lose the people who know how to design and manage petabyte scale hadoop clusters. Why is that different from "lose the people who know how to
by hodgesrm 6y ago
> we're going to lose the people who know how to design and manage petabyte scale hadoop clusters.
Why is that different from "lose the people who know how to design and write accounting systems from scratch?" That was what happened when packaged accounting systems showed up. I'm not sure why you would want to preserve knowledge of Hadoop if other technologies are more efficient.
- sombremesa 6y agoThis is a good point. By the same token, most of us have no idea how to milk our own cows or forge our own knives. Having businesses dedicated to one craft and providing their services to those who'd rather be doing other things seems like a natural model humans - and nature itself - have been following for millenia. It's not like stem cells worry about losing the ability to excrete bile when they become neurons.