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Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work

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  1. thehamkercat · · focus · HN ↗
    Why are companies slapping "OS" in their product naming? it's stupid
    1. NetOpWibby · · focus · HN ↗
      From the GitHub page:

          This is not a traditional computer operating system. We use the term "operating system" in two senses:

    - An operating system for the company to be productive with AI, in a way that is safe, so that the security team can sleep at night.
    - An operating system for AI workloads, analogous to the sense in which a traditional operating system manages compute workloads.
      1. arandomhuman · · focus · HN ↗
        Wow this is really poor justification for its name, the folks at cloudflare really should not be overloading the term "Operating System" pointlessly like this.
        1. MattyRad · · focus · HN ↗
          They even put it in quotes, because they know what they did.

          Maybe just take out the word "traditional" and be honest: "This is not an operating system. We're redefining the term because it is convenient for marketing."

          1. lern_too_spel · · focus · HN ↗
            It is standard English writing style to quote words you are talking about.
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