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> That's why monopoly, or monothlic architecture eventually failed. They can't scale. Could you provide some examples? One counterexample: Linux, the world's b

• wongarsu 4y ago
  On the software level the monoliths are going strong, but I guess you could make the argument on the hardware level? IBM system Z revenue is half what it was two decades ago, and every new system is designed to achieve scale and uptime by using multiple smallish servers, instead of one giant earthquake-safe mainframe with hotswappable processors.
• kzrdude 4y ago
  It's called monolithic but it still has modules