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Re:The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire... by WestCoastJustin on Monday September 09, 2013 @01:57PM (#6355021)
Reminded me of the "Linux Hackers Rebuild Internet From Silicon Valley Garage" [1] piece that went around about CoreOS, which was discussed on HN too [2]. In fact, they are both written by the same guy. Personally, these are pretty BOLD headlines, like "Rebuild Internet" and "Build a Computer the Size of the Entire Internet", which I do not think either of them claim and sound ridiculous to me. Docker is not going to build a computer the size of the entire internet, and CoreOS is not rebuilding the internet!

I like Docker, because it automates much of the LXC bits, and adds cool filesystem features. So, do not take my comments the wrong way, but I think articles like this do a disservice since they over hype!

[1] http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/coreos-the-new-...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6249724

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Re:The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire... by venomsnake on Monday September 09, 2013 @04:05PM (#6355792)
And we got the Russian software that is taking over the internet.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/nginx/

So the internet endgame seems to be One Huge Reinvented Internet in a huge computer running Nginx. It could be worse.

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