Containers, Not Virtual Machines, Are the Future Cloud
Container virtualization certainly has its uses, and we will see hosting products based on it; no question.<p>But to say that it is "the future" and virtual machines are on their way out is a naive view.<p>There's plenty of reasons why someone might want a virtualized OS; customization.<p>What if my application is built to run on Debian but yours is built to run on CentOS? With container based virtualization we have to be put on different nodes. With VMs, we can share a node.<p>This is why VMs exist. This is why they will continue to exist.<p>Disclaimer; I work in the hosting industry.