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> Strictly speaking, this will never change because containers - whether Docker, ACI, or OCI - are processes and not VMs. Who died and made you king of definit
by insaneirish 10y ago
> Strictly speaking, this will never change because containers - whether Docker, ACI, or OCI - are processes and not VMs.
Who died and made you king of definitions? Use of the word "container" for virtualizing a full OS instance predates [1] Docker, ACI, OCI.
[1]: https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/bcantrill/public/ppwl-cantrill-zones.pdf https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/bcantrill/public/ppwl-cantr... (I wouldn't be surprised if there are even earlier IBM or FreeBSD uses of the word "container" with respect to OS virtualization.)
- e1g 10y agoHaha, valid point. My thinking is within the current nomenclature and implementations of "containers" vs "Virtual Machines". These definitions could change drastically in the future.
- icebraining 10y agoEven in the Linux world, OpenVZ has had full OS containers for many years. Cheap VPSs were often just a container with an OS installed in it.