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I think they will use a RAIS [0] design.

[0] Redundant Array of Inexpensive Ships

I guess they'd better make the first one not too ambitious and ramp up later.

It's still in beta.

So it'll get deployed, a bunch of people and startups will come to rely on it, then the guy who's driving this as his "20% project" will get moved to another group, and it'll sit un-maintained for several years slowly rotting, then sink without a trace…

I see. we're slashdot now.

Well, actually* it was Stack Exchange that first identified the poison that is metadiscussion.

* tongue firmly in cheek as I knowigly contribute to the problem in the hopes of educating everyone away from it

I wonder if they're taking this approach because it's modular. You can add more barges and shipping containers a lot easier than another cruise liner.