Forward Linux containers (LXCs) are rapidly becoming the new "unit of deployment" changing how we develop, package, deploy and manage applications at all scales (from test / dev to production service ready environments). This application life cycle transformation also enables fluidity to once frictional use cases in a traditional hypervisor Virtual Machine (VM) environment. For example, developing
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