Jouni Heikniemi
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read

Well, literally speaking you’re right. The term “serverless” generally refers to a developer perspective, and the notion of abstracting out the fact that code always runs on a runtime running on a server running atop a stack of hardware. I’m not sure it’s the best name there could be, but it’s certainly one that I can live with.

If you look at cloud from a hardware vendor perspective then yes, it’s most definitely not serverless — general purpose server hardware is used in mass quantities, and even in lieu of devices that have traditionally been specifically built for a single role (say, switches).

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    Jouni Heikniemi

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    Consultant/CEO at Offbeat Solutions. Software developer, entrepreneur, Microsoft Regional Director.