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farawayea ◴[] No.42208533[source]
Their tech may be more than adequate today. Bigger businesses may not buy from a small startup company. They expect a lot more. Illumos is a less popular OS. It wouldn't be the first choice for the OS I'd rely on. Who writes the security mitigations for speculative execution bugs? Who patches CVEs in the shipped software which doesn't use Rust?
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throw0101d ◴[] No.42209356[source]
> Bigger businesses may not buy from a small startup company.

What would you classify Shopify as?

> One existing Oxide user is e-commerce giant Shopify, which indicates the growth potential for the systems available.

* https://blocksandfiles.com/2024/07/04/oxide-ships-first-clou...

Their CEO has tweeted about it:

* https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1793798092212367669

> Who writes the security mitigations for speculative execution bugs? Who patches CVEs in the shipped software which doesn't use Rust?

Oxide.

This is all a pre-canned solution: just use the API like you would an off-prem cloud. Do you worry about AWS patching stuff? And how many people purchasing 'traditional' servers from Dell/HPe/Lenovo worry about patching links like the LOM?

Further, all of Oxide's stuff is on Github, so you're in better shape for old stuff, whereas if the traditional server vendors EO(S)L something firmware-wise you have no recourse.

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1. cdchn ◴[] No.42210673[source]
How much did Shopify buy? Sounds like from what the CEO is saying they bought 1 unit.

>We learned that Oxide has so far shipped “under 20 racks,” which illustrates the selective markets its powerful systems are aimed at.

>B&F understands most of those systems were deployed as single units at customer sites. Therefore, Oxide hopes these and new customers will scale up their operations in response to positive outcomes.

Yikes. If they sold 20 racks in July, how many are they up to now?