Docker vs binary packages
Published: Oct 21, 2017 The other day I had a conversation with a Operations Engineer who made a bold statement: “Sending us a docker container is not different from sending us a .deb package” I do not agree with that statement at all but didn’t have the time to counter it, so instead I will write this blog post. So what really is the difference between a deb package and a docker container? Just a sidenote that .deb is just one example of a binary package, rpms and packages for other linux systems, could be another example. And I suppose the Windows term would be a msi package. ...