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How is that clever? You just renamed your brand away and lost all the credit from it.

jacquesm 10y ago
Because the commercial entity will keep the name so all the docker mindshare suddenly 'points' to a thing that people would have to pay for. If they had renamed the commercial stuff to Moby they'd have to start from scratch, now there are thousands of articles and links that say 'go get docker' intending to point you to the open source stuff, instead directing you to the commercial stuff. A very effective bait-and-switch.
- matt4077 10y ago
  What, exactly, is the bait in this case? The name? Because it sure seems as if I could still get everything as I could before. Do you really think there are people who reads a tutorial and ends up buying Docker Enterprise Edition for 9,950$ because they failed to see the "Docker Community Edition" link, which by the way, will still be available?
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    > "Docker Community Edition" That's not Docker. That's Moby.
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    - user5994461 10y ago
      It's gonna take more than a github announcement to refresh the memory of 1 million developers ;)
      - registrator 10y ago
        Pretty sure that's exactly what Docker is counting on. Otherwise what used to be called Docker would continue to be called Docker.
        shykes 10y ago
        What used to be called Docker does, in fact, continue to be called Docker.
    - matt4077 10y ago
      It is. Only the underlying technology is renamed, "Docker Community Edition" will continue to exist.
      - shykes 10y ago
        That's correct. There is no change to Docker CE or Docker EE. We are adding a 3d thing, upstream from both of them: Moby. We use Moby to assemble all the pieces of Docker. You can also use it to assemble all the pieces of other things like Docker, and maybe in the process collaborate with Docker on the common parts.
  - emmelaich 10y ago
    > .. there are people who reads a tutorial and ends up buying Docker Enterprise Edition .. That happens ALL the time. Except they (managers) don't read tutorials, they read trade magazines saying that X is the new hotness. So off they go and buy X Enterprise Edition. This happens in the corporate world, not everywhere, but that's where a company gets the big contracts. Not picking on Docker here, it's a great product and good luck to them; just a commentary on corporate fashion driven IT culture.

Because the commercial entity will keep the name so all the docker mindshare suddenly 'points' to a thing that people would have to pay for. If they had renamed the commercial stuff to Moby they'd have to start from scratch, now there are thousands of articles and links that say 'go get docker' intending to point you to the open source stuff, instead directing you to the commercial stuff. A very effective bait-and-switch.

matt4077 10y ago
What, exactly, is the bait in this case? The name? Because it sure seems as if I could still get everything as I could before. Do you really think there are people who reads a tutorial and ends up buying Docker Enterprise Edition for 9,950$ because they failed to see the "Docker Community Edition" link, which by the way, will still be available?
- jacquesm 10y ago
  > "Docker Community Edition" That's not Docker. That's Moby.
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  - user5994461 10y ago
    It's gonna take more than a github announcement to refresh the memory of 1 million developers ;)
    - registrator 10y ago
      Pretty sure that's exactly what Docker is counting on. Otherwise what used to be called Docker would continue to be called Docker.
      - shykes 10y ago
        What used to be called Docker does, in fact, continue to be called Docker.
  - matt4077 10y ago
    It is. Only the underlying technology is renamed, "Docker Community Edition" will continue to exist.
    - shykes 10y ago
      That's correct. There is no change to Docker CE or Docker EE. We are adding a 3d thing, upstream from both of them: Moby. We use Moby to assemble all the pieces of Docker. You can also use it to assemble all the pieces of other things like Docker, and maybe in the process collaborate with Docker on the common parts.
- emmelaich 10y ago
  > .. there are people who reads a tutorial and ends up buying Docker Enterprise Edition .. That happens ALL the time. Except they (managers) don't read tutorials, they read trade magazines saying that X is the new hotness. So off they go and buy X Enterprise Edition. This happens in the corporate world, not everywhere, but that's where a company gets the big contracts. Not picking on Docker here, it's a great product and good luck to them; just a commentary on corporate fashion driven IT culture.