[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/10/2020 6:33 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/10/2020 9:39 AM, Chris wrote:
>> On 03/09/20 01:01, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Many are now switching to containers instead of traditional VM's.
>>>
>>> Containers will be next step for VMS like in 11.0 or 12.0
>>> as it will require significant changes to the OS (even though
>>> VMS actually already have some of the basic building blocks).
>>
>> Define containers ?. Sounds like Solaris zones or freeBSD jails,
>> but serving up application code rather than data ?...
> 
> Seen from an OS perspective then I believe it
> is pretty close to FreeBSD jails.
> 
> But with the tooling created for it (Kubernetes,
> OpenShift etc.) and how it is used in development
> and operations, then it has turned into
> something quite different.

HPE is apparently also trying to get into that market:

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/hpe-plunges-into-red-hot-kubernetes-market

But they are like 5 years late.

Arne