RT @jfrappier: @stu @otherscottlowe IT also needs to learn about biz reqs & shifting mind set to a SP. You can't automate if you don't know the biz reqs
"Good write-up Stephen - a couple of notes. According to the CoreOS team - the OS is not based on ChromeOS, the relationship is that the it follows a similar methodology of enforcing automatic updates for stability and security. Rackspace is not the only bare metal cloud, you can run CoreOS or whatever you want on IBM's Softlayer cloud (Rackspace claims to have much faster delivery times and Softlayer has not packaged a CoreOS offering yet). I would also note that containers such as Docker can be used with virtualization including on-site (VMware or KVM) or public cloud (such as AWS). Docker has been growing in buzz all year - it was the biggest topic at Red Hat Summit (we interviewed founder Solomon Hykes on theCUBE), a lot of back channel discussion at OpenStack Summit and the recent DockerCon in SF was sold out (600 attendees and could likely have been 2k if they had the facility). CloudFoundry has rapidly embraced Docker and expect others (possibly VMware) to do the same to diffuse..."
- Stuart Miniman