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		rwmj on July 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unikernels: The Next Stage of Linux's Dominance [p... To be fair that's not exactly what the paper says. It says that unikernels have demonstrated "enormous" advantages (a bit of an exaggeration), but they are not widely used right now and no one is claiming that.

panpanna on July 23, 2019 [–]

I think it's fair to say that in certain scenarios they are very useful.

The original unikernel paper used a streaming media device as an example and the numbers they provided were really good.

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