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Yep. I don't get the value in this, pushing the problem somewhere else just creates new problems. Instead of being able to rely on distributions and gargantuan
by xyzzy_plugh 12y ago
Yep. I don't get the value in this, pushing the problem somewhere else just creates new problems. Instead of being able to rely on distributions and gargantuan open software, now we go off and roll it all ourselves?
This is a good path to job security, but I don't see what else.
- MCRed 12y agoWhat's to roll yourselves? (Serious question, I might have missed it.) The erlang platform provides a great deal of everything you need. And if it doesn't, there's a library out there to do it. Elixir is extremely active, growing and moving fast and even if you do have to roll it yourself, it can still be a net win. For instance, I found it was easier to integrate a mail sending library or interface with mailgun than it was to get an STMP service working on linux. But then, I'm a developer, not ops.
- corysama 12y agoDisclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about and should not be taken seriously. Eliding the virtualized network and disk interfaces is not what they are talking about though. They are sticking with those. So, given virtualized CPU, RAM, network and disk interfaces; a runtime that talks directly to those interfaces; and the intent to exclusively run a single process per VM; what do they really need Linux for?
- justincormack 12y agoYou don;t roll all a Linux distro yourself; aside from the fact you use open source libraries, you need much less as it is only for running networked applications, which needs less stuff.