Re: Fwd: appliance in release-notes

[Paul W. Frields]

On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:26:14PM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
>  On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 03:15 +0200, Dimitris Glezos wrote:
>  > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  > From: Domingo Becker <domingobecker(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  > Date: 2008/11/2
>  > Subject: appliance in release-notes
>  > To: Fedora Translation Project List <fedora-trans-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  > 
>  > 
>  > What is the meaning of appliance in the context of release-notes ?
>  > release-notes mentions an appliance creation tool, a tool to create
>  > appliance images from a kickstart file.
>  > In this context, it is an installer for me. But, what would be the
>  > right meaning of it?
>  > What is an appliance image used for?
>  
>  At its most basic, it's a container that an ISV can use to run an
>  application. It's not mean to be a general purpose installation, but
>  rather focuses on that single application or suite of applications. 
Right -- in this case, "appliance" is like any single-purpose piece of
gear.  In the kitchen, an electric can-opener, stove, or microwave
oven are appliances, and the meaning is roughly the same.

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