In today’s times, Operating Systems play a huge role in our lives weather we realize it or not. In the computing world, they are the backbone that makes each and every computing device work. Microsoft, in view of changing times and popularization of Cloud Computing, is ready to come out with a new stripped down version of its OS that is said to give competition to Linux.
Though Windows is a household name when it comes to PC, its presence in the commercial space is quite less. Linux has always been the first preference for large Valley names like Google and Facebook because it is a light weight, easy to install and maintain, Operating System that is open source. To add the problem for Microsoft, Windows is a large operating system that you need time to deploy across many machines.
Linux uses a technology known as "containers", which allows efficient execution of their software with so much of hardware. Last fall, Microsoft had revealed its intentions of adding Linux-like container technology to a future version of Windows. Today, the company announced that it’s also developing a super-light-weight version of Windows that will run a new kind of container — one with an added level of security. The OS is said to be named Windows Server Nano .
The company is creating a way of wrapping containers in its Hyper-V "virtualization" technology in order to completely isolate them from each other. Microsoft’s spokesman said that the new container technology adds a new dimension to container deployments that will give additional security features. “One thing we've identified as developers to expand the benefits of containers to a broader set of applications is that there are new requirements emerging,” Schutz said. These include better isolation, but also a “desire to have a little bit more control.” Higher Security is how they plan on differentiating themselves from the already accepted Linux's CoreOS.
It's refreshing to see Microsoft finally changing with times rather than trying to change it. It will be interesting to see if companies see the value of what Microsoft have to offer.
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