Open Container Initiative Specifications Reach 1.0 Milestone | Linux Today

Open Container Initiative Specifications Reach 1.0 Milestone

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jul 19, 2017

Two years ago, the emerging world of application containers was at a crossroads with rival efforts threatening to potentially bifurcate the technology paradigm. In order to solve that challenge the Open Container Initiative (OCI) was formed and today after two years of effort the OCI is officially releasing the 1.0 milestone of the OCI container runtime and image specification standards.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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