Docker looks like a really interesting concept, but to say that with docker you can "write once, run anywhere" is a misrepresentation at best, and an outright lie at worst.<p>Looking at their docs (<a href="https://docs.docker.com/installation/windows/" rel="nofollow">https://docs.docker.com/installation/windows/</a>) their idea of "running on windows" is "running in a virtualbox linux vm, on windows".<p>That really rubs me the wrong way and I'm surprised that the HN community lets it slide.
More of an observation than anything, but Docker certainly has the corporate-ese marketing speak down pat. Much more so than most other "hot" OSS/platforms. Why such a different culture? Or are they just <i>trying</i> to climb into VMWare's bed?
46 days ago I made this comment: "crickets from VMWare/EMC. Docker/containers will eat their lunch if they don't jump in and get involved."<p>after an announced partnership between the major tech players and Docker.<p>I take it back and the more the merrier.
> The companies are working together to ensure that the Docker Engine runs as a first-class citizen on developer workstations using VMware Fusion, data center servers with VMware vSphere, and vCloud Air, VMware’s public cloud.<p>How about VMware Workstation?
I've been working to get a VMWare vCAC install going in my $corp. Have been avoiding talking about docker in meetings with them as I thought it would be embarrassing for them as privately I think it'll reduce VMWare's power.<p>So very surprised by this!
This helps explain VMware's vision behind the partnership.<p><a href="http://cto.vmware.com/vmware-docker-better-together/" rel="nofollow">http://cto.vmware.com/vmware-docker-better-together/</a>
Wasn't there a recent study published on HN that concluded container-in-VM was really bad idea performance and security-wise, and that VM-in-container was really good?