Harvey OS – A Fresh Take on Plan 9
So, a funny thing happened on the way to Linux dominance of the server: We started container-izing things and focusing on building one-service per container (or VM). Suddenly the OS matters a lot less; each container only needs the libs and kernel services that it needs to do its job. It doesn't need the whole OS and doesn't benefit from the whole OS being present.I suspect there's an opportunity for a lot of alternative systems to make inroads in that space. But, then again, if the OS doesn't matter...it may be that we all just end up using the path of least resistance, which is almost always a small Linux distro with all the stuff we're used to. But, for someone that loves Plan 9 or Solaris or OpenBSD and wants to deliver service containers, they can probably get away with deploying containers using those systems without people balking at the idea.