I'm quoting their copy here to make sure my criticism is accurate:
> Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation
What does this get me over VirtualBox?
> Get an instant Ubuntu VM with a single command.
Vagrant? Maybe the "single command" is good? Am I just being too much of a mounting-it-locally-with-curlftpfs guy?
> Multipass can launch and run virtual machines and configure them with cloud-init like a public cloud.
I am already confused. Are these VMs on a public cloud or not? If they are on my local machine, it's not really a test of the cloud (hint: Testing problems with virtual machines is not the difficult part of simulating a cloud on your computer, testing the possible failures with the other 200- hosted message queues and databases is). Again, what is this getting me over Vagrant or Virtualbox?
> Prototype your cloud launches locally for free.
I am still at a loss to understand what exactly is the selling point of this tool. Is it literally just "vagrant, but for Ubuntu"? I really don't get it.
> Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation
What does this get me over VirtualBox?
> Get an instant Ubuntu VM with a single command.
Vagrant? Maybe the "single command" is good? Am I just being too much of a mounting-it-locally-with-curlftpfs guy?
> Multipass can launch and run virtual machines and configure them with cloud-init like a public cloud.
I am already confused. Are these VMs on a public cloud or not? If they are on my local machine, it's not really a test of the cloud (hint: Testing problems with virtual machines is not the difficult part of simulating a cloud on your computer, testing the possible failures with the other 200- hosted message queues and databases is). Again, what is this getting me over Vagrant or Virtualbox?
> Prototype your cloud launches locally for free.
I am still at a loss to understand what exactly is the selling point of this tool. Is it literally just "vagrant, but for Ubuntu"? I really don't get it.