This is a selling point - if it's actually better (which, why not? most of the existing virtualization management solutions either suck or are hugely expensive).
If it's not better, big deal? I'm assuming you could just throw Linux on these things and run on the metal or use something different, right? Given how much bcantrill (and other Oxide team members) have discussed loving open hardware, I seriously doubt they would intentionally try to lock down their own product!
> vendor-locked at the rack - if you have hardware from someone else, it can't live in the same cabinet
This is aimed at players so big that they want to buy at the rack level and have no desire to ever touch or carve up anything. It's a niche market, but for them this is actually a plus.
This is a selling point - if it's actually better (which, why not? most of the existing virtualization management solutions either suck or are hugely expensive).
If it's not better, big deal? I'm assuming you could just throw Linux on these things and run on the metal or use something different, right? Given how much bcantrill (and other Oxide team members) have discussed loving open hardware, I seriously doubt they would intentionally try to lock down their own product!
> vendor-locked at the rack - if you have hardware from someone else, it can't live in the same cabinet
This is aimed at players so big that they want to buy at the rack level and have no desire to ever touch or carve up anything. It's a niche market, but for them this is actually a plus.