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[ahagelthrope]

Glassware vs Dockers
These are some tweets from PB on the subject. Please follow the hyperlinks for more info

10/3/14
@ahagelthrope: @pbookman>please enlighten us about the key advantages of GW over dockers
https://t.co/qHqVAb9k4h
For us dummies. TY

@pbookman: @ahagelthrope blog will be coming soon on exactly that topic, after new website is up with new messaging which hopefully provides clarity

@pbookman: @ahagelthrope Legacy Windows apps + Containers + Simplified management, installable into containers = fastest, most diverse, simplest period

@pbookman: @ahagelthrope If you get a minute, check out the example of Docker in this article of Docker http://t.co/hU0tVkRWfi


@pbookman: @ahagelthrope Compare that to six clicks to containerize any Windows application as you can see on our site? And #Windows based?

1/9/15
@barton808: Docker Comes to Azure Marketplace, MS rolled out availability of the first @Ubuntu image fully integrated w/@Docker http://t.co/EO1gJTwsFd

@ahagelthrope: @pbookman Its all about the lead in the market place. Can @sphere3d keep the pace? https://t.co/6h0oPMrE4r

@pbookman: @ahagelthrope @sphere3d We certainly seem to be in pole position for containerization of Windows applications with simple install. ;)

[blueblizzy]

At least in the initial stages, I think Docker's success will also help Sphere 3D succeed. Docker is based on the Linux kernel and so natively the containers are based on Linux. However, there are ways to have it run on Windows:

1: Use Boot2Docker to install a lightweight Linux VM and then have Docker run within this VM.

2: Use the Docker VM Extension for Azure to run containerized apps in the cloud (Azure). Remote management through Command Line Interface for Windows.

Docker cannot run legacy Windows apps or modern .NET apps without modification. Any Windows-based app that needs to be containerized must be modified to take advantage of the recently announced .NET Core Framework for Linux/OS X. This is why Sphere 3D is marketing Glassware as a solution that is capable of virtualizing any application, including legacy apps because Docker in its current form (or any other app virtualization technology that takes advantage of containers) cannot do this. Glassware goes beyond Windows app virtualization by having the microvisor emulate the capabilities of a different OS kernel. Be it, Linux, XNU (which OS X and iOS is based on), etc. Heck, you can theoretically run Docker within Glassware if you really wanted to to (container in a container).