Re: Interesting and maybe relevant article

On 25 April 2015 at 20:36, Sergio Tortosa Benedito <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> El 25/4/2015 19:11, "Liam Proven" <[email protected]> escribió:
>>
>> On 22 April 2015 at 13:33, Sergio Tortosa Benedito <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Liam, I have already talked earlier about this (I don't remember you
>> > so I
>> > suspect you are new, thought my memory is horrible anyway),
>> I've been on the list for 3 or 4 years now.
>
>> >  thought not
>> > directly containers,I proposed using bundles(through a software called
>> > limba),
>>
>> I was in that thread and I suggested that you wrote an article or
>> blog-post explaining what the software is and does in detail.
> I'm very sorry! My mind tends to not remember people unless I have a
> personal memory about them.

Don't worry -- not a problem. It's a big Internet. :-)

>>You did write an article, but with a one-paragraph summary of each tool you
>> were suggesting which didn't explain anything about that.
> A while ago, I did wrote another full post focused on Limba, and I sent an
> e-mail to this list, it seems it went unnoticed.

I fear so. May I ask for a link?

>> I appreciate that it is difficult to do this when it is not your
>> native language, but you really need to *explain* and *justify* the
>> tools you are proposing, and you have not done so.
> I did ... T_T. BTW is that clear it's not my native language? That must mean
> I make lots of mistakes, when that happens anyone willing to do so feel free
> to e-mail me. (However, the typos in words are something natural in me)
>> > though I don't know wjat's called a container exactly,
>>
>> You *amaze* me. They are an important and fundamental OS concept, an
>> integral part of AIX, Solaris and FreeBSD for many years. They are
>> just beginning in the last year or 2 to disrupt the world of Linux in
>> the form of Docker, which is *the* single biggest and hottest FOSS
>> project in the Linux world.
> I have heard about Docker, it's not like I don't know what they are
> completely, my problem is that I haven't found anyone explaining in a
> detailed way what containers are and how they differentiate from other
> technologies (like chroot).
>> > I expect them
>> > to be very alike.
>>
>> You don't know what they are but that equips you to judge this? Really?
>
> I'm sorry, truth be told I'm eager to understand them totally. Indeed I
> expected someone would kindly point me somewhere where I could get some
> useful information, anyway I'll try to search again.

OK, I don't want to be an egomaniac, but I wrote an article about
exactly this. It's in my Kindle ebook "A Brief History of
Virtualisation" but you can read the instalments free on the Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2011/07/18/brief_history_of_virtualisation_part_3/

I'd suggest reading the other parts, too. I think there were 5 in all.

> Again,sorry.

De nada.

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