Microsoft Creates a Docker-Like Container For Windows

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Microsoft Creates a Docker-Like Container For Windows

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 8, 2015 @09:31PM from the imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

angry tapir writes Hoping to build on the success of Docker-based Linux containers, Microsoft has developed a container technology to run on its Windows Server operating system. The Windows Server Container can be used to package an application so it can be easily moved across different servers. It uses a similar approach to Docker's, in that all the containers running on a single server all share the same operating system kernel, making them smaller and more responsive than standard virtual machines.

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Re:Or a simple solution. by organgtool · 2015-04-09 00:58 · Score: 5, Insightful

How was this modded insightful?!

The shared library is an out of date concept
No, it is used by every major system today for very good reasons.

Some will say that is how Macs do it
Macs do have shared libraries - the files have a .dylib file extension.

sounds good when storage was expensive
Statically linked apps don't just take up orders of magnitude more storage, but also significantly more memory. Not only that, but a critical security update to one library requires recompiling and redeploying ALL of the apps that use that library.

today we are virtualizing full platforms just to prevent version incomparably
There are tons of reasons to virtualize that have nothing to do with version compatibility or network security.

Since you seem so committed to statically linking apps, I suggest you go through the Linux From Scratch project and statically compile everything. Then, deploy it to an enterprise environment that requires five-nines uptime as well as all security updates. Be sure to set up a video camera so that I can watch with a bug bucket of popcorn.