[seiji]

Well, our base tools are crap.

C is awful. Linux is awful. Docker "containers" are awful (i.e. fancy branding around cgroups; no actual 'container' at all unlike solaris zones which did everything properly 10 years ago plus Crossbow networking 5 years ago).

We keep using (and inventing) quick hacks promoted by braggadocious personalities instead of stable infrastructure or proper tooling.

[davidw]

The article is attempting to explain the economics of why that is so. It's a pretty important thing to understand.

Other pieces of the economic puzzle are things like network effects and lock in. I highly recommend this book: http://amzn.to/1FTa7ib

[seiji]

Thanks for the pointers. Looks fancy. I'll check it out.