supernomad

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   by supernomad 7y ago

   So you aren't wrong that google is built on the shoulders of giants, but I will point out that every single company today running their SaaS offering on top of linux/BSD is doing the exact same thing. The only reason Linux is as m
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   by supernomad 7y ago

   I think its very interesting to think about this article in the context on the open source projects that relied upon by the vast majority of major applications and companies. Specifically OpenSSL comes to mind here. That library has been us
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   by supernomad 7y ago

   So regarding your point 2 I have, at the very least anecdotally, seen this happen in practice. I work in a tech startup and as such we have a lot of highly talented engineers sitting in the top spots throughout the engineering org. We have
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   by supernomad 7y ago

   It is interesting to me that we aren't seeing a larger uptick in utilities funding this kind of investment. The article does mention that in one of the pilots, it was indeed funded by the local utilities. My interest lies in why that i