Containers are Linux - But What About Windows? | Linux Today

Containers are Linux – But What About Windows?

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 22, 2017

Red Hat has had a strong message for much of 2017 that it has re-iterated in talks and on t-shirts – that message is that Containers are Linux.

Yet that message begs the question – what about Windows? It’s a question that newly minted Red Hat CTO Chris Wright answered in a video interview with ServerWatch. While containers started off as Linux technology, in recent years Microsoft has worked with both Docker and Red Hat to help enable containers.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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