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'Incredible journey' is usually reserved for software companies selling out or shutting down, neither of which is happening in this case.
by kristianc 9y ago
'Incredible journey' is usually reserved for software companies selling out or shutting down, neither of which is happening in this case.
- sah2ed 9y agoThe parent likely picked it up from the Twitter announcement: "The entire #Docker team would like to thank @solomonstre for creating the containerization movement and his 10 years of service and innovation. Thank you for bringing us all along on this incredible journey – we look forward to continued collaboration https://dockr.ly/2ut6OyO" https://dockr.ly/2ut6OyO" https://twitter.com/Docker/status/979027618866520064 https://twitter.com/Docker/status/979027618866520064
- kristianc 9y agoMaybe they genuinely thought the journey had been incredible and wanted to express their gratitude to shykes, who after all, built the company they work for? It isn't a bad or forbidden phrase in and of itself, it just usually sounds rather hollow when users are getting screwed by a service shutting down. But Docker isn't shutting down. Also, consider when railing against cliched thinking that the 'Our Incredible Journey' Tumblr is by now a massive HN cliche. It no longer sounds insightful or smart.