Murph did a good job of explaining the origins of today's computer environment. His was a (relatively) dispassionate examination of the forces involved in this arena. He explained the why, where, who, what and how we are where we are today.
The only rebuttals I have heard fall into 2 categories:
1) Attacking the blogger's reputation/motivations.
2) Saying that the existing infrastructure is better because - well because it's what EVERYONE is doing (i.e. popularity).
Neither one does even a barely adequate job of pointing out where Murph is wrong.
In truth, this centralized computing, decentralized control can be achieved with other OS combinations than just Solaris/DumbRay. But I don't see how it can be achieved without some sort of UNIX infrastructure. I've proposed before a distributed architecture where every box is running some sort of UNIX (client and server boxes) - with the SAME CONFIGURATIONS. This allows for Autonomics (at least Self-Configuring) - which is beyond what anyone can achieve today (it took me 1 script). You can have your "cloud" (unlike DumbRay architecture), and everyone has their own computer (not a DumbRay). I believe that my architecture is superior to Murph's - but it does follow the centralized compute/ decentralized control model the Murph is advocating.
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