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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_Containers 2004 I will just leave it here.

Yes, Solaris was doing "containers" in the mainstream before Linux but pointing that out as a response to articles like these misses the point of how and why Docker exploded; it was Docker's UI, the user experience and Docker Hub that really unlocked the full potential of the technology.

Solaris containers didn't have anything like Docker Hub nor was setting them up as easy as "docker run".

(Posting as ex-Solaris guy)

Not only Solaris, other UNIXes as well.

My introduction to containers was in HP-UX in 1999, via the HP Vault infrastructure.

Tru64, while short lived in the market, also had similar ideas.

And then there is the whole linage of mainframe and micro computers from IBM.

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