[ale] Gearing up for the future (wuz: boot speed, systemd, vi vs emacs, etc)

[DJ-Pfulio]

Looks to me like Silicon Valley is the enemy. We know we can't trust
insta-goo-tweet-book with our data.  I don't trust most smartphone apps
that want network access or access to contacts or local files or
calendars or ... anything they aren't directly supposed to make use of
either.

All that containers do is add more choice to the possible solutions mix.

Many businesses will NEVER deploy a container, ever.

Just like some businesses haven't deployed a single VM, ever. Shocking,
I know.

Either the decision makers don't buy into the hype or they are just too
small to want the extra complexities or they are too small to care about
going from 20 systems to 3.  Businesses like that do exist.

There are 18,500 large businesses in the USA.
There are 28 MILLION small businesses in the USA. 22 million are single
person businesses.  Over 50% of the single-person shops are are over 50
yrs old.  Doubt most of them will deploy containers, ever.

Huge computing organizations will probably find a way to use containers
for all the reasons containers earned their hype. As you work down the
number of systems/applications needed, the chances for container use are
less and less and less, until they make very little sense to a 20 person
company who is smart enough NOT to put their customer data in "da cloud."

People and companies in "da cloud" have a vested business interest in
saying I worry too much and I'm a dinosaur.  They want our money. They
want to be efficient more than they want to be secure.  Fine.

I've learned from mistakes made in the past when data I didn't consider
sensitive got out AND was abused.  I may be old, but I do learn.

On 02/19/2018 11:24 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> On 02/19/2018 10:19 AM, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:
>> So let me interject into this conversational process a “norm” that’s
>> evolving out in silicon valley.
>