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I know people that work at SuSE, in a nutshell, they are like Redhat in that they don't really provide linux only, they provide ways of integrating it into your business.

That is where Debian just isn't going to compete. And that is why SuSE exists, they're selling much more than linux.

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That integration can be super-useful. If you "get" SAP or "get" salesforce or whatever, having a vendor who can talk vertically integrated helps.

But right now, I think we're all staring at alpine in kubernetes asking if the old giant unix model is the one we want.

> But right now, I think we're all staring at alpine in kubernetes asking if the old giant unix model is the one we want.

I think "all" is a bit of an exaggeration though :). Besides, something is hosting all those Alpine containers, and while I'm pretty far removed from this field, I hear it's not Alpine most of the time.

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