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0 pointssocrates1372y ago0 comments

100%.

I’m actually extremely impressed. I want one. I haven’t worked in a data center in years, but I’d be tempted to do it again just to get my hands on one.

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fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

I wish they’d sell a tabletop version for hobbyists, but realize this is probably a distraction. But… the problem with a lot of these systems (including the old Sun boxes and things like ibm mainframes and the AS/400) is that they sound cool but there’s no real way for the typical new developer to “get into them” for fun and, as a result, you lose the chance for some developer selling it to their company based on his experience with the things.

acct-litter-zed2y ago

Apparently (I don't remember it, although I probably did read the Byte magazine at the time) there was a rumor in the early 1980s that IBM's PC was going to be a shrunken 370, called the 380. [1][2]

I wish IBM would shrink their LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 Rack Mount down to at least an "under the desktop" model. To my knowledge, IBM still makes quality products and has excellent customer service. They have fun names too (Rockhopper and Emperor are types of penguins!) and they even have 3D models of their rack mount cloud computers with shadows. [3] In fact, when I first read about Oxide a year or two ago, I searched for "IBM cloud server", and left it at that. So IBM, could you please send someone from the LinuxONE down to Boca Raton to create our new PC? :) Thanks!

P.S. I would even accept a shrunken 370. :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

[2] https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-01/page/n313/...

[3] https://www.ibm.com/demos/it-infrastructure/ux/product.html#...

vhodges2y ago

Not the same in any meaningful way but https://turingpi.com/product/turing-pi-2/ might interest you.

Also https://artemis.sh/2022/03/14/propolis-oxide-at-home-pt1.htm...

Does illumos run on ARM?

Fnoord2y ago

I own a Turing Pi 2 but the hardware it is running on is proprietary. The switch isn't managed. The manament software is very archaic. Yes, it is modular and stackable and probably thousands of times more hobbyist friendly than Oxide but so is edge computing in general.

fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

For example, this form factor looks really nice for a “hobbyist edition” or “evaluation edition”: https://zimacube.zimaboard.com/. I would probably buy an Oxide rack like this as soon as pre-orders were announced.

Xymist2y ago

They won't even tell you how much a rack will cost. Infuriating typically B2B "talk to Sales so we can decide exactly how much we can get out of you and segment the market on the fly" approach persists even here, it seems.

fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

I wouldn’t expect anything else for a full rack in this segment: it’s going to be tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and big enough that there will be some inevitable negotiation about prices.

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EvanAnderson2y ago

Same here. I really want to work on one of these. I got in the industry at the tail end of the time when people used Sun and DEC gear. I got to use just a little bit of it and it seemed so much more "put together" then PC stuff is even now.

Oxide feels like it'll be that "integrated" experience, but with the added benefit of software freedom.

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fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

acct-litter-zed2y ago

Apparently (I don't remember it, although I probably did read the Byte magazine at the time) there was a rumor in the early 1980s that IBM's PC was going to be a shrunken 370, called the 380. [1][2]

P.S. I would even accept a shrunken 370. :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

[2] https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-01/page/n313/...

[3] https://www.ibm.com/demos/it-infrastructure/ux/product.html#...

vhodges2y ago

Not the same in any meaningful way but https://turingpi.com/product/turing-pi-2/ might interest you.

Also https://artemis.sh/2022/03/14/propolis-oxide-at-home-pt1.htm...

Does illumos run on ARM?

Fnoord2y ago

fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

Xymist2y ago

fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

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EvanAnderson2y ago

Oxide feels like it'll be that "integrated" experience, but with the added benefit of software freedom.

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