Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:47:24 +0700 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr=F6m=22?= <cbergstrom@pathscale.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore Message-ID: <4E23F31C.3010803@pathscale.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3w7ZTpSJgsqkz%2BoBwbvm6J6vi4TyFBSqMxB5gDbsH9oA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107170928360.56712@Elmer.dco.penx.com> <CAKYr3zx3C5kwUaZQ82=d8U=uCRusoNHc4qbb0w-8BNB2X2Xu9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK2-t2Y5NN%2B1XFa8aJbw%2BbfvEAeP4-iD5_iLthqaohydNw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKYr3zweDWHCT9ir4uqq%2BjPUZaHZE%2BNdgUuu_vvbcOy65XDvBA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK3w7ZTpSJgsqkz%2BoBwbvm6J6vi4TyFBSqMxB5gDbsH9oA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/18/11 03:02 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Outback Dingo<outbackdingo@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Im pretty sure they are only XEN based and not "cloud" based per se, as >> there appears to be no elasticity on demand, Granted RootBSD is nice >> but on demand expansion of memory, cpu and disk under ones control is more >> what i would describe as FreeBSD in the cloud, >> > Cloud computing by most definitions I'm aware of refer to the decades old > practice of outsourcing data storage and processing needs. RootBSD fits > comfortably into this definition. Elastic cloud computing(IMO an often > overrated attribute) is an enhanced version of such services. The definition > is something of a moot point in this discussion as either setup is available > for FreeBSD guests with multiple hosting providers. > > http://www.reliacloud.com/ and http://www.elastichosts.com/ are a couple > examples of the more sophisticated ones. One of those links gives a 404 on the root domain and the other on the pricing page (http://www.reliacloud.com/pricing/) I'm not sure how serious these efforts are or where it actually gives more information on how they are powered by BSD in any way. -------- I wish people would spend as much time solving problems in *BSD as they do trying to defend an irrelevant OS ;)
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