[bonzini]

As a QEMU developer, this is very exciting. Even though there are some differences in the approach to the device model, they are not important in the grand scheme of things and in principle there is no reason why QEMU could not serve the same uses as Firecracker. It's just like Linux runs on anything from 16MB routers to supercomputers, and it means there is a lot that we can learn from Firecracker.

In fact we are considering integrating a more secure language than C in QEMU, even though we're just at the beginning and it could be C++ or Rust depending on whom you are talking to. :) It's possible that this announcement could tilt the balance in favor of Rust, add it would be great if QEMU and Firecracker could share some crates.