So just like a VM conatiner like VMWare running on the host pc, but instead of running Operating Systems inside you run APPs that have been "APP-ified."
-Ty On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > No....a container has to run on a host. The host and the container have > to run the same OS. > The benefits come from the container being able to share the resources of > the host instead of virtualizing the hardware in it's entirety. > > I'm not actually sure how big the benefits are. > > > I'm dumb I suppose. I'm not following. What Bill said makes the most > sense. Like Wine for Windows apps on Linux, this thing bundles up the app > and all of it's dependancies and resources into a portable container. You > can then run that on any compatible OS? Is there a server that has to > "serve" them? > > -Ty > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No, it's a container that can be ran within existing operating systems. >> >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Ty Featherling <tyfeatherl...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Whut?? Is this a universal app server? >>> >>> -Ty >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Just had breakfast with a couple of old work buddies. This is the new >>>> thing. You don't need VMs anymore.... >>>> >>>> https://www.docker.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> bp >>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > >
