The CDC numbers are just re-prints of the Disease Outbreak News alerts from the WHO: http://www.who.int/entity/csr/don/archive/year/2014/en/index.html
It does do DNS setup (systemd-resolved)
Monolithic?
Postgresql runs a database server. That's it. Postgresql doesn't include a mailserver just because it needs to send alerts.
Apache runs an HTTP server. That's it. Apache doesn't include DNS and OCSP servers just because sites hosted on it will need name resolution and certificates.
OpenOffice, I'll give you that one. It combines multiple applications into one for historical reasons. I don't like it, but I don't use it so I don't have a dog in that fight.
Monolithic (in the sense used here) implies the combination of multiple essentially independent functions into a single application. Just because Apache and Postgresql are big applications doesn't make them monolithic.
"... with only minor loss of" the primary stated goal of the system?
What revenue stream does the App store have?
Taking 30% commission out of everything you sell via the app store and in-app?
I can see them doing this, rather than the much simpler solution of having two ports: a Micro-B port for charging only, and a C port for data/charging.
Compliant with all regulations, simpler for the consumer (no adapter required), minimal outlay (one extra trace on the PCB, one extra component costing fractions of a cent), no questions about cables.
I would be curious to see how Azure is impacting Windows Server market share
As this is slashdot, the appropriate response would be to turn to Netcraft to confirm it...
http://news.netcraft.com/archi...
Which was from February, and should be read in the context of the February Web Server Survey:
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