Docker Moves Beyond Containers With Unikernel Systems Purchase (thenewstack.io)

joabj writes: Earlier today, Docker announced that it had purchased the Cambridge, U.K.-based Unikernel Systems, makers of the OCaml-based MirageOS, a unikernel or "virtual library-based operating system." Unikernels go beyond containers in stripping virtualization down to the bare essentials in that they only include the specific OS functionality that the application actually needs. Their design builds on decades of research into modular OS design. Although unikernels can be complex to deploy for developers, Docker aims to make the process as standardized as possible, for easier deployment.

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Oz the Wise and Powerful

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Yep, unikernels will solve all you system problems. It will be just as wonderful as living in the Emerald City in the Land of Oz.

A unikernel, therefore, is an indivisible unit of computing logic. As a microservice, it carries the promise of unlimited scalability. ... And as an architecture, there’s a certain elegance in unity.

Not only will it solve your deployment problems, provide scalability for free, and eliminate all system security issues, it will do your shopping, wash your car, clothes and dishes, pay your bills and taxes, balance your checkbook, and walk the dog, even if you don'thave a dog!

Overhype much?