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Re:Replacing Linux with a Database System by HeadsUpHigh on Sunday July 29, 2018 @10:44AM (#17638385)
>So when using POSIX, or any other programming model rich enough not to mess with OS specific APIs, the OS becomes irrelevant.

Except that things like systemd and a lot of redhat related software rely on Linux-specific functions like cgroups so they are not portable. Good luck replacing Linux even if something that much better comes up.

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Re:Replacing Linux with a Database System by pjmlp on Sunday July 29, 2018 @11:02AM (#17638475)
Not everyone makes use of those features and the last time I was using a Red-Hat system, it was for Java deployments, which is also not Linux related in any form.

Same applies to the C, C++, Fortran and now Chapel code that usually runs on HPC clusters.

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Re:Replacing Linux with a Database System by HeadsUpHigh on Monday July 30, 2018 @12:43PM (#17645796)
Everyone uses systemd... I hope people are smart enough to not fall for it and not use all the scope-creeped features of it but if you add all the little things up, it turns out that we are getting more and more stuck with linux.
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