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why are they called Software Maker?

• nxc18 9y ago
  Non-tech people have no idea what Docker is. Still even a lot of the less up-to-date people know what it is and I suspect vanishingly few people (relative to something like GitHub) really understand it beyond the mechanics of the commands. Also the intentional re-use of shipping verbiage demands disambiguation.
  • PascLeRasc 9y ago
    I've had to use Docker before, and I still have no idea what it is. It's true that they love to say "virtualization" and "containerize" the same way the media loves "disavow" and "recuse".
    • chrisper 9y ago
      In the case of Docker, containers = prepackaged ready-to-use out of the box software. Basically, you run some software (e.g. mysql) inside a docker container and it comes with everything it needs preconfigured and installed (e.g. libraries, configurations,...). This makes it easy to: - Deploy to many places having the same environment - Update these programs easily (you just need to download and run a new container image) - Clean up easily by discarding the container I should probably also add that Docker is also a community to share these application images (containers).
    • samstave 9y ago
      I love that comparison!
• mperham 9y ago
  So they aren't confused with "Pants Maker"?