[ale] Preferred Linux under Docker?

[Niel Bornstein]

What's going to be interesting is the deployment of applications
provided by ISVs and OS vendors as containers. For example, Microsoft
provides SQL Server 2017 as a Docker image today.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/sql-server-linux-setup-docker

On 05/15/2017 09:41 AM, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
> I've yet to find a use case in our setup for it that wasn't either:
> 1.  "Containers are cool, we need to use them!"
> 2.  Incoherent string of buzzwords from someone who just got back from a conference.
> Allen B.
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> Allen Beddingfield
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> On 5/15/17, 8:29 AM, "ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of Jim Kinney" <ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     I still see 'containers' as a blend between a chroot and a virtual machine. 
>     
>     
>     As an admin, user willingness to download any old container they found on the tubes that has their solution stuffed into it is a terrifying idea.
>     
>     
>     On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 09:22 -0400, leam hall wrote:
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>     On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:
>     
>     Since I'm a SUSE guy, I would automatically say SUSE/openSUSE, but I'm sure you will get that answer from each person with their preferred distro(s).
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     "If I knew SuSE like you know SuSE..."   Sorry, couldn't resist.
>     
>     Remeber those Sun boxes? This will be going on them. We now have a
>     garage to deal with the sound issue.   :)
>     
>     After a couple decades I'm not sure the current distro vendors get it.
>     RH seems to be moving away from being on the hardware or a VM, and
>     wants to go theri own way like Solaris. If I'm going to go somewhere
>     might as well go all the way.
>     
>     Leam
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