“we believe that cloud computers should come complete with all system software built-in, and with no additional licensing to manage or to pay for.”
Oxide ships a whole rack with its own switch, its own software and no license keys. The target is two bills at once: the public cloud’s rent and the on-prem vendor’s license renewal. The hyperscalers designed their own racks long ago and rent the result back to everyone else. Oxide is betting enough customers want to buy the computer instead of leasing it forever.