> Isn't the reliance on dynamic linking what got us into this mess in the first place? Dynamic linking was a terrific solution to code size issues... 30 years

> Isn't the reliance on dynamic linking what got us into this mess in the first place? Dynamic linking was a terrific solution to code size issues... 30 years ago. Back at the dawn of 32-bit computing, it was typical to see a multi-user machine with 1MB of RAM, for everyone to share. Also, back then, systems weren't so well connected, and library releases happened once a year or so. Security wasn't as big a concern. I can't help but think that if we (as an industry) had moved towards a Nix-like package system, we might not have gone down the container route. You just specify which exact versions of which libraries your application depends on, that's it.