Fwd: appliance in release-notes

[Dimitris Glezos]

Forwarding to -docs-list, as the folks here are more likely to give a
better answer.

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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?

regards

Domingo Becker (es)

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[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

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.

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[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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