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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

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.

alt227 1mo ago
It looks to me like they just wanted to distinguish their product from other AI agents/sandboxes, so they called it an OS to make it sound bigger and better.
- wuliwong 1mo ago
  Nah, it's just the current lingo in the AI world. Another one they will use is "brain." As far as I can tell "brain" and "OS" are interchangeable. :(
orphea 1mo ago
It's awful naming if they have to explain it.
brazukadev 1mo ago
the people criticizing the vibecoded name knows what they meant, it is just not correct. It is the same as vegan meat.
- aziaziazi 1mo ago
  Excluding vegetables from what convey “meat” was also not correct around 1300-1500. Definitions changes with usage and only time will tell the future of vegan steaks, meats, milks, sauvages, butters and other parties. > food, nourishment, sustenance > Narrower sense of "flesh of warm-blooded animals killed and used as food" is attested from c. 1300 https://www.etymonline.com/word/meat https://www.etymonline.com/word/meat
arandomhuman 1mo ago
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.
- MattyRad 1mo ago
  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."
  - lern_too_spel 1mo ago
    It is standard English writing style to quote words you are talking about.

alt227 1mo ago

It looks to me like they just wanted to distinguish their product from other AI agents/sandboxes, so they called it an OS to make it sound bigger and better.

wuliwong 1mo ago
Nah, it's just the current lingo in the AI world. Another one they will use is "brain." As far as I can tell "brain" and "OS" are interchangeable. :(

orphea 1mo ago

It's awful naming if they have to explain it.

brazukadev 1mo ago

the people criticizing the vibecoded name knows what they meant, it is just not correct. It is the same as vegan meat.

aziaziazi 1mo ago
Excluding vegetables from what convey “meat” was also not correct around 1300-1500. Definitions changes with usage and only time will tell the future of vegan steaks, meats, milks, sauvages, butters and other parties. > food, nourishment, sustenance > Narrower sense of "flesh of warm-blooded animals killed and used as food" is attested from c. 1300 https://www.etymonline.com/word/meat https://www.etymonline.com/word/meat

arandomhuman 1mo ago

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.

MattyRad 1mo ago
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."
- lern_too_spel 1mo ago
  It is standard English writing style to quote words you are talking about.