Thanks to the ubiquity of the X86 server platform, the Kubernetes container controller, and the KVM server virtualization hypervisor, it is relatively easy to compute like a hyperscaler or cloud builder. …
It is perplexing to us that the world’s largest distributor of client and server operating systems and also the creator of the Linux-based, open source SONiC network operating system – that would be Microsoft with its Windows and Windows Server franchises – did not see the benefit or the need to commercialize SONiC and lead the open networking revolution. …
Breaking into the datacenter compute or networking ASIC business is about as easy as trying to start up a new global car company. …
There are many things that are ironic in the IT business. …
If you have not figured it out yet, this is not your grandfather’s Microsoft. …
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