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Google Gets Slack with Software Updates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the showing-off-your-toys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While Google's open source project titled 'Slack' was released over a year ago, last week's Australian Unix Users Group Conference marks the first time that Google has ever discussed the system in public. Corporate systems administrator Michael Still helped to illuminate a little bit about how Google uses Slack and how their network of computers fits together. From the article: '"Slack is a source deployment system and it's the way we install applications on servers," Still said, adding Slack is based around a centralized configuration repository which is then deployed onto selected machines in a "pull" method. Each of the "worker" machines asks for its new configuration regularly or when a manual command is run.'"

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  1. Re:FP by nmb3000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google is all over the news these days. They should go on vacation.

    s/News/Slashdot is a little more accurate :)

    Maybe Google bought OSTG when nobody was looking. Might help explain why Taco's omelet is a little heavy on the Google sauce lately.

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  2. I knew it! by Rachel+Lucid · · Score: 4, Funny
    The SubGenius must have slack.
    Google makes Slack.
    Ergo,
    Google is the corporate incarnation of 'Bob'!


    ... What? Someone had to say it!

  3. Re:FP by sammy+baby · · Score: 3, Funny
    Might help explain why Taco's omelet is a little heavy on the Google sauce lately.


    Thanks. All the bleach in the world isn't going to help me with that mental image.
  4. It may be an homage, true by mister_jpeg · · Score: 5, Funny
    Or maybe the googadmins have a sense of humor.


    Naming an automated package management/software update system after Slackware? That's cute.

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