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Microsoft Partners With Docker

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the team-up dept.

rjmarvin writes Docker is teaming up with Microsoft to bring its open container technology to the next release of Windows Server. Docker Engine will work with the next release of Windows Server and images will be available in Docker Hub, which will also integrate directly into Microsoft Azure. The partnership moves Docker beyond Linux for the first time with new multi-container application capabilities for cloud and enterprise developers.

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  1. Interesting, but... by trawg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... I'd actually rather see Docker in the user space for Windows. There are zillions of Windows applications that would benefit from Docker-isation - being able to download things off the Internet and more safely run them is something I've wanted for ages.

    There are various application sandbox things for Windows (e.g., Sandboxie) but I haven't seen anything open source that is as reliable and commonly used as Docker seems to be.

    I think it'd be OK on the server side as well, but I'd love to be able to download nice jailed Docker versions of most Windows apps so I can run them without having to worry too much about what they're doing in my userspace.

  2. Re:What is Docker and why should you care? by jrbrtsn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Windows NT has always had so-called "personalities" and Posix has been available as a personality for decades"

    Which is why everyone who actually uses Posix on Windows downloads Cygwin. Oh, wait a minute....