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Re: OpenTF is now OpenTofu

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Is terraforming even a thing outside of the realm of SF? I can't say I've ever seen it depicted as anything but positive, since it's taking unlivable planets and making them livable.

I think this [0] may be what the OP meant. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plan_for_the_Transform...

Or the global warming. In a few years we'll be able to say that's deliberate if we continue.

Re: OpenTF is now OpenTofu

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By the way, are there any plans for taking on other HashiCorp products as well? (Packer and Nomad are of particular interest to me :-)

The dismantling of HashiCorp because they tried to save themselves from Amazon swallowing them is sad. Open Source businesses have no future in a world where big tech can gulp your product for free. The OpenTofu folks will probably even raise capital to support commercialization of their thing at some point.

Which HashiCorp OSS product is Amazon hosting for clients as part of their cloud offering?

Their stuff pretty much all competes with it.

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I was just hoping more HN readers would get the reference... :-(

Probably worth editing and explaining the references, I didn't get it at all. Not all of us hang around here 24/7/365/2023.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Re: OpenTF is now OpenTofu

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post #64

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Cute punny name, I like it. Congrats on joining the LF, and keep up the good work!

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Tofu is great, just misused as a meat alternative. The Chinese and Japanese don’t use it as a meat alternative (dishes like mapo tofu and agedashi tofu contain both meat/fish and tofu), they use it to provide textural support and contrast to rich, full-flavoured dishes.

If the negative association you have is because of its use in organic kale tofu salads and the like, that’s not exactly tofu’s problem.

Re: OpenTF is now OpenTofu

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Cute punny name, I like it. Congrats on joining the LF, and keep up the good work!

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I believe that achieving perfection in naming things is an elusive goal. This is not only because individuals often associate their own unique meanings with words, but also because a chosen name may inadvertently carry offensive connotations in different languages.

(in my opinion) Tofu is much better than the other alternative they suggested like Archo or EchoSphere.

Disclaimer - I also do some work with Env0 which is part of the OpenT(o)F(u) initiative

Re: OpenTF is now OpenTofu

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Hey! Interim tech lead of OpenTofu here. I'd like to add that as of today (announced just now at OSS Bilbao) we're officially part of the Linux Foundation[0]! Hope you like the new name (it basically won the votes anywhere it was proposed) and happy to answer any questions! [0]: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announcing-opentofu

"OpenTofu" is cute, but tofu has nothing to do with terraforming. How about "Genesis" or "Reliant" or "Marcus" or "Kruge"?

it's done deal, mate. better spend your time on something else.

Re: OpenTF is now OpenTofu

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So does terraforming, fwiw.

Is terraforming even a thing outside of the realm of SF? I can't say I've ever seen it depicted as anything but positive, since it's taking unlivable planets and making them livable.

there are countless SF examples where terraforming is used against the protagonist group in some negative manner; some alien race begins some scheme to turn the planet hotter/colder/acidic/whatever and has to be stopped by some hero.

as far as being a thing outside of SF, there are lots of studies on the idea of being able to do it in one way or another to both the moon and Mars, with real life validation efforts here on Earth -- but no real practical efforts as far as I know.

p.s. the reason I avoid mentioning our efforts here on Earth changing the climate being akin to terraforming is that I think that intentionality is really the defining feature of terraforming that differentiates it from pollution or abuse otherwise.

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