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> The Free Software clique is rooted in the deep past, and committed to endlessly rehashing the software controversies of the 1980’s — when mainframes were batt
by neolog 6y ago
> The Free Software clique is rooted in the deep past, and committed to endlessly rehashing the software controversies of the 1980’s — when mainframes were battling with minicomputers for supremacy.
That sounds a lot like the 2020s, s/mainframes/AWS/
- monocasa 6y agoYep. The original paper on Borg (the predecessor to Kubernetes) didn't even go out of it's way to hide the fact that they looked at the problem at least a little bit as "what does a million core mainframe look like". Calling the resource config language 'BCL' as a play on IBM's JCL is a huge clue.
- rswail 6y agoMainframes were battling minis were battling micros in the 80s. The mainframe/mini battle was the 70s. More importantly it was IBM and the BUNCH vs DEC/DG/etc.
- monocasa 6y agoMicros were still viewed as toys by mainframe and mini manufacturers in the 80s. It wouldn't be until the 90s that micros started punching above their tiny weight.