Why are unikernels always compared to containers? Unikernels are obviously not meant to solve generic compute needs. They are per definition niche systems that

Why are unikernels always compared to containers? Unikernels are obviously not meant to solve generic compute needs. They are per definition niche systems that do single, simple tasks. There is a lot of stuff that isn't done in containers or at least isn't done well. Network functions, CPU-based IoT, serverless. Packaging up a complex application in a container and moving it around seems to work quite well. You get to abstract away the core operating system and that is all well and good.