So true; think about what multi-tasking and virtual memory have done for developer convenience _and_ system performance over the last decades. Bet we are going to see the same effects in this space too - there are so many interesting things to do in scheduling! Especially when you can distinguish between clever placement of long lived tasks vs fitting short-lived low-latency jobs.

On another note; next up: "data center_s_ need an operating system". Very interested to see the move towards multi DC/availability zones.