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0 pointsjmj4213y ago0 comments

> He has never really created anything of long-term value

Except HP Server Automation[1], HP Operations Orchestration[2], HP Network Automation[3], and that's just Opsware products. That doesn't touch on the lasting transformational aspects of his work at UIUC, or Netscape.

[1] http://www8.hp.com/emea_middle_east/en/software/software-pro... [2] http://www8.hp.com/emea_middle_east/en/software/software-pro... [3] http://www8.hp.com/emea_middle_east/en/software/software-pro...

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dredmorbius13y ago

Opsware is a freaking joke.

jmj42OP13y ago

Do mind elaborating?

In fact, Opsware created products that (still) play an important role in large, private, datacenters. Hell, for what it's worth, their 3 main products were actually created to manage their own infrastructure. Which part of that is the joke?

dredmorbius13y ago

The deployment attempts I've seen have been spectacular failures. This goes back a few years (~2008), some things may have changed.

Lack of a CLI accessible on managed nodes being a huge issue for datacenter work.

Staggeringly deficient database performance.

My recent experience has been with Puppet/Chef. They're still crufty in their own ways, but far more appropriate than Oopsware.

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0 pointsjmj4213y ago0 comments

> He has never really created anything of long-term value

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dredmorbius13y ago

Opsware is a freaking joke.

jmj42OP13y ago

Do mind elaborating?

dredmorbius13y ago

The deployment attempts I've seen have been spectacular failures. This goes back a few years (~2008), some things may have changed.

Lack of a CLI accessible on managed nodes being a huge issue for datacenter work.

Staggeringly deficient database performance.

My recent experience has been with Puppet/Chef. They're still crufty in their own ways, but far more appropriate than Oopsware.

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