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That was the old solution, but it had serious problems with USB (essential for the test equipment).
Also, the VMs turned out to be huge, and we had created lots of them. The hope was that containers would create an environment restricted to the tools and their runtime requirements - presumably a lot less than than the full VM OS environment.
I believe they found a cure for the USB problems, and disk space was getting cheaper, so maybe they did resort to VMs after I left the company. Picking up a ten year old VM could cause more friction than just running an old container - well, that's what we thought, and it turned out to be wrong.
Maybe Linux can run any and every ten year old container. Maybe your favorite VM manager can run any and every ten year old VM image. So maybe reverting to the old VM solution was a wise solution. Yet, I would certainly want to see that 10 year old solution running with all the physical interfaces (USB was only one; we still were using RS232 COM-ports, and software mapping 4 COM-ports to a single D25 LPT-style port). I am not at all sure that the old VM solution really could solve all the issues we encountered when running containers.
Whether VMs were a good solution or not: The container solution was not a good one. And then I left the company, leaving them to choose their future path without my competence. Visiting them again and ask them to show how they rebuild a ten year old system might be an interesting exercise!
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Researchers have successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. "Winds light to variable"
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Who cares for a weather forecast that is 280 years out of date?
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Meanwhile, back on Earth, we can be sat looking out at torrential rain whilst the BBC Weather app tells us there's "0% chance of precipitation" at our location. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The BBC employs reporters. If one is looking for accuracy, one should consult the gentlemen of The Times. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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An operating system on top of a distributed database, DBOS is a tantalizing glimpse of something that may eventually turn out to be cool. Databases all the way down
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I can see how this would work for file systems, but how would it handle process isolation, resource allocation, etc. in a performant manner?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Didn't Microsoft already give up on this idea for the release of Vista?
It was too resource intensive for the PCs of the time. Maybe it might work better now.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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As someone who firmly believe the data is always king and that you should design around it instead of it being the cumbersome afterthought to your web front end baubles.... I am intrigued.
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Arc on Windows also represents an important milestone in getting Apple’s Swift apps running on Microsoft’s OS. Good luck with that
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Hate to say it, but they need to hire at least one of MS's icon designers.
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You don't like the ... uh, flossing look? 
TTFN - Kent
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Making its AI-powered assistant generally available for developers and businesses, AWS also unveils free courses and a new Amazon Q capability in preview. All the apps it creates can also fire poison darts
I couldn't decide which Q to go with, and stuck with the older one.
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This language is designed to meet the evolving needs of API developers, architects, and managers in an environment where the delivery of consistently high-quality APIs and related experiences is becoming increasingly complex and critical. An API API
Because of course it's all about the model. No one EVER needs to have some processing logic.
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Despite seemingly exiting Microsoft, Bill Gates still plays a major role in the firm's decision making process. You can take the Bill out of the executive office, but you can't make him give up the keys
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The way I read this is that the outbreak of AI was unexpected, so Nadella needed some advice to capitalize upon the opportunity, and he trusted Bill to offer some suggestions.
I doubt that Gates was maintaining any kind of controlling role with the company.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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He is still on the board, but yeah. I think you're right about Nadella just wanting a second opinion. (Nadella's more of a cloud guy)
TTFN - Kent
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The agency discovered years ago that the carriers were selling location information to aggregators. "It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you."
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Quote: AT&T was ordered to pay $57 million, while Verizon has to pay $47 million....
Surely those staggering amounts will cause them to change their ways. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Credential-stuffing attack uses proxies to hide bad behavior. The attacks are coming from inside, outside, and all around the house
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“We are doubling down on this very important work, putting security above all else — before all other features and investments,” Nadella said Thursday afternoon, after the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report. I'll believe it when I don't have to post about it
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I'll believe it when I don't have to post about it
and even then it might be an AI deep fake  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: putting security above all else — before all other features and investments
This is what comes out of the south end of a north facing cow.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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They can't even do security updates right, so...
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