Virtual Containerization

AlexGr alerts us to a piece by Jeff Gould up on Interop News. Quoting: "It's becoming increasingly clear that the most important use of virtualization is not to consolidate hardware boxes but to protect applications from the vagaries of the operating environments they run on. It's all about 'containerization,' to employ a really ugly but useful word. Until fairly recently this was anything but the consensus view. On the contrary, the idea that virtualization is mostly about consolidation has been conventional wisdom ever since IDC started touting VMware's roaring success as one of the reasons behind last year's slowdown in server hardware sales."

Comments

Containerization

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, containerization might sound like a good idea... but if you find the word 'containerization' ugly NOW, wait until you see what furry abominations grow in the containers you forget about at the back of the work server for 2 months. >_>

Re:The great thing

[niceone]

The great thing about virtual machines is that you basically can do whatever you want with them. Things you'd normally never do to your computer.

Same as virtual girlfriends.

Re:The great thing

[Oktober Sunset]

My computers don't usually scream when they are thrown out of the window, plus it's more of a crash than a thud when they land. Are you sure you aren't throwing your colleagues out of the window, I know a lot of office workers being dull and beige, can be mistaken for computers easily.