Gartner has a graph for this called the "Hype Cycle", identifying five stages a technology goes through: 1) Technology Trigger 2) Peak of Inflated Expectations

Gartner has a graph for this called the "Hype Cycle", identifying five stages a technology goes through: 1) Technology Trigger 2) Peak of Inflated Expectations 3) Trough of disillusionment 4) Slope of enlightenment 5) Plateau of productivity Maybe containers are somewhere between stages 2 & 4.