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Apptron uses v86 because its fast. Would love it for somebody to add 64-bit support to v86. However, Apptron is not tied to v86. We could add Bochs like c2w or even JSLinux for 64-bit, I just don't think it will be fast enough to be useful for most.
Apptron is built on Wanix, which is sort of like a Plan9-inspired ... micro hypervisor? Looking forward to a future where it ties different environments/OS's together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGBeT8lwbo0
I have a hard time keeping up with their changes but you might be right: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsautor...
Oddly it says you cannot use them directly, but later implies maybe they are just less efficient. It would be nice if somebody made an issue for this.
Unfortunately I can afford some leaks at the moment, so if that's critical to anybody else and I'm doing something wrong just submit a PR
I can't speak as much to Flynn right now, but here is a fairly recent blog post about the current status of Dokku: http://progrium.com/blog/2014/10/28/deis-breathes-new-life-i...
tl;dr, after a long lull between 2013 and 2014, its activity has picked up and is slowly working towards a 1.0 including a major refactoring to address a lot of issues and bring it up to modern standards. In fact, here is our refactoring doc in progress: https://github.com/progrium/dokku/wiki/Refactoring
I feel the flaws of these projects quite deeply, especially Dokku. But I'm surprised to still run into so many people (just not as many here) that really love Dokku. Without them I would not be motivated to come back to it and make it what it should be.
Keep in mind Dokku was the first killer app for Docker and a lot of my design influence on Docker was to be able to easily make something like Dokku and eventually systems like Flynn, Deis, etc. But also so many other things...
We're also planning to combine the Docker event stream plugin system I prototyped previously into Powerstrip: https://github.com/progrium/docker-plugins
And ultimately, eventually, we'll have native extension support in Docker that allows much more extensibility, but all this is a good first step IMO.
My specific long-term plan is still vague, but it will involve Flynn and so far I've been finding ways to fund my time to invest in some R&D type projects for the Flynn ecosystem.
DigitalOcean's plan is not set either, but my work there should involve Flynn and that ecosystem / architecture / worldview.
Regarding the product funding remark, that's not the intention, though with the license anybody could build a product with this project. I'm not convinced that's a bad thing.