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Some of us are still using Plan 9. I'm glad to see the connection between Plan 9 namespaces and containers mentioned, most people have missed that step in follo
by mycroftiv 8y ago
Some of us are still using Plan 9. I'm glad to see the connection between Plan 9 namespaces and containers mentioned, most people have missed that step in following the evolutionary pathway from unix chroot through BSD jails to Linux containerization. There is actually a semi-secret modern Plan 9 container-like service platform, but the Plan 9 community doesn't usually try to publicize/commercialize its work so almost nobody knows about it.
- hestefisk 8y agoI don’t see the connection that clearly. You forget about OS/390 virtualisation. That would be what comes closest to what Docker is today, as the earliest innovation I can think of.
- blablabla123 8y agoOh really which service would that be? ;)