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Re:New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support by jacques_chester on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @12:53PM (#25267699)
There are two versions of Cloud Run. The fully-managed cloud-only variant is actually an API skin over Google App Engine. The "for Anthos" (née "for GKE") variant is Knative[0] in both API and sourcecode.

AWS could plausibly do exactly the same thing: provide a skin over Lambda that speaks Knative.

I think Amazon's and Microsoft's reluctance to wade into Knative has been wariness about Google's intentions. And maybe 6 months ago I would have said "fair enough, I would be cautious too". But the recent update to Knative's governance model largely resolves the problem, in my view. I would very much like to see AWS and MS involvement.

[0] "Knative" is the correct spelling, FWIW.

Disclosure: I work for VMware, which participates in Knative development.

I also, like, wrote a book about it.

Re:New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support by bpodgursky on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @01:12PM (#25267919)
It's pretty embarrassing for HN that this would be reflexively downvoted. It's 100% accurate.