Re:Docker and Microsoft announce more innovation to cross pl...
by atomi on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:35PM
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Some folks aren't clear on the limitations. Linux containers will never run on bare metal using Windows Server OS. Virtualization will be required and you will incur that performance penalty. This is Microsoft appeasing it's current users. They aren't making any effort to get folks to switch from Linux as far as I can tell.
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Re:Docker and Microsoft announce more innovation to cross pl...
by luisrudge on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:47PM
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You're wrong. They don't care if you run Windows or Linux. They want you to run it on Azure.
Re:Docker and Microsoft announce more innovation to cross pl...
by rbanffy on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @03:14PM
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With the tooling we have now, it makes no difference where the workload runs. As long as you avoid APIs that are not common (and you easily can), you can pretty much deploy your applications unchanged on AWS, GCE, Azure, Rackspace or your own metal, leaving them to compete on price.
For Microsoft, it's a losing game.
The only segment I imagine they can have a competitive offering is with Windows servers and Windows-based infrastructure (such as hosting your Exchange or Dynamics).
Re:Docker and Microsoft announce more innovation to cross pl...
by x5n1 on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:56PM
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The behemoth will take the market anyway it can. It has lost its control of it. Now it has to use any way possible to stay relevant. But fortunately this is a losing game.