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Kubernetes is the Android of the datacenter. Android OEMs are Samsung, HTC, Huawei, etc. Kubernetes OEMs are Google, Amazon, Microsoft etc. With Android, a larg
by enos_feedler 8y ago
Kubernetes is the Android of the datacenter. Android OEMs are Samsung, HTC, Huawei, etc. Kubernetes OEMs are Google, Amazon, Microsoft etc. With Android, a large % of consumer market gains access to an app ecosystem by choosing Android. Similarly, businesses will _eventually_ gain access to an ecosystem of B2B applications by adopting kubernetes. Kubernetes will be the OS for business.
- dfee 8y agoFor a number of reasons, I think this metaphor fails. K8s appears more open than Android, is not largely controlled by one corporation, doesn’t come crippled with vendor services, etc.
- enos_feedler 8y agoNo metaphor is perfect. I highlighted where I thought it makes sense (in the ecosystem sense of apps and modules being built on top of it).