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		kordless on Feb 23, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Docker in Production: An Update > CoreOS is an operating that can only run Docker and is exclusively intended to run Docker. This is a patently false statement and needs to be revised, especially given: > I will not comment on it. P.S. I'm getting downvoted for speaking the truth, no matter how pedantic it may seem. CoreOS can run rkt containers and is not exclusively intended to run Docker. One possible reason is because Docker is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room and having options is always good. P.P.S. Gotta love the Streisand Effect. :)

wrs on Feb 23, 2017 | [–]

It is an especially silly statement considering that CoreOS had a much-publicized falling-out with Docker and created rkt to replace it.

yebyen on Feb 23, 2017 | [–]

You're not wrong, CoreOS can also run arbitrary go binaries (or anything else that can be statically linked) rigged up into systemd or fleet units, without any containers at all.

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