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		lonelappde on May 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is Kubernetes getting so popular? IBM charged the customer for each server.

mikereedell on May 30, 2020 | [–]

or, as with my experience in licensing IBM stuff, the charged per CPU.

jmspring on May 30, 2020 | | [–]

I believe Oracle, IBM, and some others still charge per core/cpu for various products. It's a nice business model to be in if you have locked in customers.

xenospn on May 30, 2020 | [–]

Hell yeah they did. The analytics software cost more than the actual solution.

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