Was it really for kids? It was a cartoon yes, but so was Ren and Stimpy

Oleg Tinkof for tsar!

On second thoughts, amusing as that would be, perhaps not the best idea.

I hear what you’re saying, but horizontal scaling also gives you improved reliability too, which is good for individual instances.

I for one would happily horizontally scale an instance I was running (which I am not for now) on my K8s lab. Why? Because I can and because I like it!

Not really no.

The process of “embrace, extend and extinguish” has been used multiple times to destroy FLOSS projects from the inside.

Of the top of my head:

• Kerberos
• Office formats
• XMPP

I’ve just got back from a run so my brain is not fully connected, so others can give other examples.

Meta do not want to join the party for fun. They want to join because it is the only way they can smother it.