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> Also prices don't make sense for us. Oof.

• tptacek 2y ago
  Why is that "oof"? They're using commodity servers today. Oxide does not offer commodity servers.
  • AceJohnny2 2y ago
    Just that it highlights the challenge that Oxide faces, that they're effectively offering a "luxury" product in a deeply commoditized space.
    • tptacek 2y ago
      That's true if you think the market is SaaS upstarts like Bluesky and maybe less true if you think of the market in terms of who buys hardware. I remember early on at Matasano working for a house account, a major US corp that isn't a household name, and being shocked 2 years in when I finally had to do something in their data center (a FCIP appliance assessment) and seeing how much they'd spent on it. Look at everyone who runs (and wishes they weren't) z/OS today, or Oracle. There's more of them than I think a lot of HN people think.
  • cplwankery 2y ago
    Good on 0x1d5 to bring back the era of expensive, proprietary hardware that everybody loved so much.