CoreOS announces competitor to Docker

fourbadgers writes: CoreOS, the start-up making the CoreOS Linux distribution announced, Rocket, a container management system as an alternative to Docker. The CoreOS distribution is derived from the Chrome Linux distribution and has a focus on lightweight virtualization based on Linux containers. CoreOS has been a long time supporter of Docker but saw the need for a more simple container system after what was seen as scope-creep in what Docker provides.