I've argued something similar but not identical, which is that Google wanted to commoditise container platforms to stop AWS from moving further ahead. Scorch th

I've argued something similar but not identical, which is that Google wanted to commoditise container platforms to stop AWS from moving further ahead. Scorch the earth, basically. That's what I meant by strategy guiding allocations. Google put their shoulder to the wheel with people, funding and sustained PR. But that's still different from the day-to-day goings-on being discussed here. The fate of Kustomize is not the stuff grand strategy. My argument is addressed to that level.