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> Backporting upstream patches by request, enhancing upstream, help debugging difficult, multi-level issues and so on. I also took it for granted but seeing wha
by opendais 12y ago
> Backporting upstream patches by request, enhancing upstream, help debugging difficult, multi-level issues and so on. I also took it for granted but seeing what I see today, I understand.
I guess to me if you don't have the expertise in-house as a tech company, I think you have issues because you are outsourcing core competencies [the ability compile & maintain linux related software, the ability to debug complex issues that are likely part of generating your competitive advantage in someway].
- cdi 12y agoThere are silent corruption bugs in storage drivers for example. Having that kind of competency in-house is too expensive for most companies.(Not Spotify in this case, but problem could be much harder to fix) http://labs.spotify.com/2013/01/28/finding-the-right-needle-in-the-kernel-haystack/ http://labs.spotify.com/2013/01/28/finding-the-right-needle-...
- opendais 12y agoThat is the description of a hardware problem that the vendor they bought the hardware from was unable to resolve due to an unsupported OS. That is where picking the right hardware vendor comes in. I wouldn't ask my OS vendor to support my hardware choices unless they specifically certified it. Neither Debian or Ubuntu certified that raid card...which puts you back to square 1 again, rendering their support moot.