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I wish Docker had some more open source competitors particularly some non-profit competitors. Yes I know Docker is open source but I have this terribly gut feel
by agentgt 10y ago
I wish Docker had some more open source competitors particularly some non-profit competitors. Yes I know Docker is open source but I have this terribly gut feeling about becoming too reliant on their technology. I feel like I'm going to screwed some day.
I guess I just know some day Docker's investors are going to want their money back.
Yes sure there are other quasi opensource products that are super critical that I use but they all have alternatives (for example Java has plenty of alternatives).
Hopefully I don't get downvoted to oblivion for this comment. I am sure my trust issues are illogical and I would really like to remove the inhibition to use docker but articles like this do not help.
- sjellis 10y agoI don't think that you are being completely illogical. One thing about the Docker stack, though, is that it is supported by every major vendor, and you may well be getting your server installations through a vendor (Red Hat, AWS etc.), so in that case you are insulated from problems. As other commenters have discussed, the vendors test and patch their Docker distributions themselves already, as well as contributing to development. We also already have a functional replacement with rkt. It can use Docker images, and Kubernetes can use rkt as a run-time in place of Docker, so Docker is not irreplaceable. I think that the most valuable bits of Docker today are the developer tooling - easy Windows and Mac installers, Docker Compose, the online documentation, and the Hub for grabbing ready-made images. None of which, AFAIK, makes much money for Docker Inc.