[m_mueller]

Will this technology allow running a POSIX kernel alongside like in a VM? Or will these Containers be limited to Windows server software?

[jacques_chester]

Containerisation is a new term for OS-level virtualisation.

So in a current meaning of virtualisation, no. It will not let you put a Linux container on a Windows kernel.

You could run a VM on Hyper-V VMs, and presumably it will respond to the Docker API, but that just means it's a VM.

[m_mueller]

I figured as much, I just wasn't sure. I figured it's possible that at some point the container host could load another kernel in case a container needs it. I'm thinking this is where VMware and Citrix should be going in the future.