Virtual Containerization

AlexGr alerts us to a piece by Jeff Gould up on Interop News. Quoting: "It's becoming increasingly clear that the most important use of virtualization is not to consolidate hardware boxes but to protect applications from the vagaries of the operating environments they run on. It's all about 'containerization,' to employ a really ugly but useful word. Until fairly recently this was anything but the consensus view. On the contrary, the idea that virtualization is mostly about consolidation has been conventional wisdom ever since IDC started touting VMware's roaring success as one of the reasons behind last year's slowdown in server hardware sales."

The great thing

[saibot834]

The great thing about virtual machines is that you basically can do whatever you want with them. Things you'd normally never do to your computer.

It's only lacking a feature of throwing the virtual computer out of the window.

Containerization

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, containerization might sound like a good idea... but if you find the word 'containerization' ugly NOW, wait until you see what furry abominations grow in the containers you forget about at the back of the work server for 2 months. >_>

Re:The great thing

[niceone]

The great thing about virtual machines is that you basically can do whatever you want with them. Things you'd normally never do to your computer.

Same as virtual girlfriends.

Re:The great thing

[camperdave]

So, all we have to do is replace the trash can icon with an icon of a window, and we're set. Plus, if it can play the sound of glass breaking, a scream, and a dull thud as well... well, then you're virtually there.

Re:The great thing

[Oktober Sunset]

My computers don't usually scream when they are thrown out of the window, plus it's more of a crash than a thud when they land. Are you sure you aren't throwing your colleagues out of the window, I know a lot of office workers being dull and beige, can be mistaken for computers easily.

Re:The great thing

[Ant P.]

My computers don't scream either, but the people in their trajectory usually do...

Re:The great thing

[Anonymous Coward]

So, all we have to do is replace the trash can icon with an icon of a window, and we're set.

Moreover, we could replace the trash can icon with the Windows logo, for wider metaphor applicability. They are typically full of the same, after all.

Re:The great thing

[Anonymous Coward]

So, all we have to do is replace the trash can icon with an icon of a window, and we're set. Plus, if it can play the sound of glass breaking, a scream, and a dull thud as well... well, then you're virtually there.

Even better if you also replace the icon of the object being trashcanned (say, a virtual server) with an icon of a chair! The scream could be "I'll f*cking kill this process!!!" or a similar context-sensitive variant. Perhaps good old Clippy could also appear to perform a brief monkey dance?

Re:The great thing

[kurzweilfreak]

Or you could see how it blends! w00t!

Re:The great thing

[Anonymous Coward]

It's only lacking a feature of throwing the virtual computer out of the window.

Real men throw chairs.