> From: Ian Collins [mailto:i...@ianshome.com] > > On 11/16/11 12:49 PM, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 11 Nov 2011, at 05:10, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > > >> Anybody know why they're calling it "the first cloud os?" > >> > >> Just cuz they wanted to throw in a buzzword? > > Here's a short blog entry that attempts an explanation... > > <http://blogs.oracle.com/drcloud/entry/what_s_a_cloud_operating> > > Ah, so the full title should be "The First Cloud OS for Java > applications" :) > > Just when we thought we were safe from the dreaded J word...
To be fair, you could buy one solaris server, and run an infinite number of zones in there. This is really no different from paravirtualization in linux, but you have the advantages of ZFS and Crossbow. So from that standpoint, I would acknowledge this as a cloud OS. But then so is solaris 10 and opensolaris and openindiana... ;-) But a host based on solaris and zones, versus a linux machine with xen or whatever... Sure, it's a solid competitor. "First cloud OS?" maybe not, but whatever. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
