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by OJFord 381 days ago
I disagree, they are different, and that (containerization, not container here) is the more novel/interesting one imo. It'd be nice to focus the discussion more (though at present there are many confused comments there that think they're discussing the container tool).
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dang 381 days ago
Whoops, I merged them but you've persuaded me to unmerge them. This will take a bit of time.

Edit: reverted!

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OJFord 381 days ago
Oh no, sorry! :)
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dang 379 days ago
On the contrary, it was helpful. Normally "containerization framework" and "container runtime" announced on the same day by the same company would obviously be the same story—but this was a rare exception and I'm glad you pointed it out!
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n42 381 days ago
Oh, like OP I didn’t see the difference. I believe the difference is:

Container is a CLI tool

Containerization is a framework

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OJFord 381 days ago
Yes, container is like `docker` CLI: 'I am a developer and I want to run a container'; containerization is for packaging OCI image container sidecars into Swift .apps - you could distribute your app with postgres 'built in' (but running as a container), user doesn't need to ensure it's installed and running separately or anything.
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