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Is this a rebrand? I don’t remember it being called a “cloud computer”. (Or why else is this on HN?)
by tehnub 3y ago
Is this a rebrand? I don’t remember it being called a “cloud computer”. (Or why else is this on HN?)
- panick21_ 3y agoNo they called it that for a while. Why its on HN? Maybe somebody discovered it for the first time?
- ChrisArchitect 3y agoYeah, I didn't remember this kind 'branding' message before either...(it was servers?).... but the marketing changed slightly when they hit a milestone 4 months ago.... Bunch of discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38023891 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38023891
- panick21_ 3y agoProbably makes sense when teams have to sell that kind of buy to their managers. We are not just buying servers, we are buying 'cloud'.
- bcantrill 3y agoI am... also a bit surprised that it's on HN right now? (We introduced the term when we launched last year.[0][1]) [0] https://oxide.computer/blog/the-cloud-computer https://oxide.computer/blog/the-cloud-computer [1] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/launching-the-cloud-computer https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/launching-t...
- sergiotapia 3y agoI agree. I remember Oxide was a balls-to-wall hardcore server "rack" soup to nuts baked by Oxide so they could provide exceptional performance and software stack. This "cloud" thing is new.
- rcxdude 3y agoI think the core idea hasn't changed (it's generally expected that hardware like this is usually divvied up into VMs), just the branding went from 'hyperscalar for the rest of us' (which is a bit opaque to non-techies), to 'it's cloud, but in a box'.
- steveklabnik 3y agoThat's correct, yes.