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Re:Apache OpenWhisk – A serverless, open-source cloud platform by _hyn3 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:02PM (#16410677)
> It doesn't mean that there are no servers involved, just that there are none to be directly managed by the developer.

They already had stuff like that. S3. RDS. Elasticache. At least the cloud gives you the nebulous feeling of servers off in the ether somewhere.

But serverless is neither specific nor accurate. It doesn't work. It's nothing more than lazy marketing-speak.

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Re:Apache OpenWhisk – A serverless, open-source cloud platform by gr__or on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:11AM (#16411699)
> S3. RDS. Elasticache.

A requirement for serverless would be having access to a general programming language which is why those examples don't really apply.

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