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[ddlutz]

Borg is the name of the backend service that runs a lot of Google software - https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text....

[shadowgovt → ddlutz]

That's the nod-and-wink joke about the name Kubernetes. While it's a "controller" (hence the name) its design was inspired by borg.

... Kubernetes, or "kube" for short. ;)

[bqmjjx0kac → shadowgovt]

Can you also explain the "rnetes" part? And why is it spelled with a K?

[Uehreka → bqmjjx0kac]

> Kubernetes (κυβερνήτης, Greek for "helmsman" or "pilot" or "governor", and the etymological root of cybernetics)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes?wprov=sfti1

(The Borg have cybernetic enhancements, I’m guessing that’s the link)

[weikju → Uehreka]

Also the Borg ships were called cubes (they were huge cubes)

[shagmin → bqmjjx0kac]

Kubernetes is a Greek word meaning helmsman.