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I'd rather see GitHub grow and buy Docker etc.
by merinowool 8y ago
I'd rather see GitHub grow and buy Docker etc.
- maltalex 8y agoTo make them even less profitable?
- rhacker 8y agoMicrosoft will probably buy Docker too.
- adtac 8y agoI think it makes more sense for RedHat to buy Docker, but I wouldn't bet on that happening.
- numbsafari 8y agoWhy would anyone buy them when you can just hire away the talent and let it devolve into the moribund consulting agency they've turned it into? If anything, the failing "Docker the company" probably helps sell their competing implementations of the various OCI specs.
- pm90 8y agoHow does Docker even make money? I don't think I've known anyone to pay for it. And with so many people moving to kubernetes for orchestration, I don't think any of their solutions would be useful/profitable.
- zzbzq 8y agoThey don't make enough money. User acquisition => get acquired was always the only plan for them, just like all the B2C tech startups.
- spiralx 8y agoWell, they've been losing money for several years now, but they were originally profitable and operated without any VC money for years. If it weren't for the problems that growth has caused them since then I'm not sure they would be looking at acquisition at this point.