Linux for "cloud computing": Request for Input

[Brian St. Pierre]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:
> Any other ideas on the topic of "Why Linux for Cloud Computing?"

Virtualization?

> Any blatant negatives for Linux as a platform?

Too many choices. Once you've chosen linux over other options, you've
still got a ton of decisions to make. You mention choosing between
security models as though this is a good thing. Maybe it's not [1].
Choosing a different platform might mean you have to make fewer
decisions. (This isn't specific to cloud computing.)

[1] For example, see
http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/articles/more-choices-fewer-sales.htm

-Brian