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Rancher Lab Acquired by SUSE

126 points by blopeur 6y ago

MindTooth 6y ago
Discussed when initially announced. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23769563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23769563
- rm-rf-boot 6y ago
  Today is day one of the 2 companies working as 1.
  - johannes1234321 6y ago
    Looking at the old discussion is still worthwhile, as there is little new information since then, even though legal processes completed now.
  - astockwell 6y ago
    Having gone through a merger ~2 years ago, this is a rough stretch. Godspeed.
biggestlou 6y ago
Labs, not lab
thelastwave 6y ago
I literally thought this had already happened years ago. Have no idea why.
tengbretson 6y ago
Does this mean the project is being put out to pasture?
- rssfed23 6y ago
  Far from it!
arianvanp 6y ago
Does this acquisition include https://rancherfederal.com/ https://rancherfederal.com/ or is that still a completely separate entity?
- rssfed23 6y ago
  It does include Rancher federal as well as Rancher Labs
didip 6y ago
How much? I can't find acquisition price anywhere.
- rssfed23 6y ago
  The price was never disclosed publicly, but some news websites quoted between $600-$700 million (https://www.itpro.co.uk/development/open-source/356382/sure-acquires-kubernetes-startup-rancher-labs#:~:text=German%2Dbased%20Linux%20distribution%20company,buy%20the%20Cupertino%2Dbased%20startup https://www.itpro.co.uk/development/open-source/356382/sure-....)
foobar98761 6y ago
Sadly as usual it leads to "synergy" and therefore layoffs.. I think every move in this direction at SUSE led to layoffs in the past and I hope that's not the case now, specially in the middle of a Pandemic.
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BossingAround 6y ago
I have grown to dislike Rancher more and more. Their marketing statements vary from "could be" to outright lies. I hope their "marketing" department will get some of the SUSE culture (and lawyers that will keep them in check).
- Irishsteve 6y ago
  Any examples of what their products cannot do as effectively as their marketing department say. Just curious :)
  - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    Yeah, as someone who's considered using them I would very much appreciate any information about practical shortfalls
    - tacitusarc 6y ago
      Definitely the easiest way to set up a bare metal cluster. Make sure you backup the rancher instance, or you won't be able to recover the cluster if something goes wrong. Built in monitoring doesn't work very well on all hardware. Mostly it's great, though.
- mikepurvis 6y ago
  I gave it a brief try a few times along with CoreOS for setting up dedicated container hosts. Only got a few hours in before I decided it was going to be a lot less hassle to just go with a normal Ubuntu Server install with Docker sitting on top of it.
  - tacitusarc 6y ago
    If you can get away with just Docker, don't use Kubernetes. If you can get away with just Docker, don't use Kubernetes. If you can get away with just Docker, don't use Kubernetes. Seriously.
- colek42 6y ago

126 points by blopeur 6y ago

Discussed when initially announced. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23769563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23769563

rm-rf-boot 6y ago
Today is day one of the 2 companies working as 1.
- johannes1234321 6y ago
  Looking at the old discussion is still worthwhile, as there is little new information since then, even though legal processes completed now.
- astockwell 6y ago
  Having gone through a merger ~2 years ago, this is a rough stretch. Godspeed.

biggestlou 6y ago

Labs, not lab

thelastwave 6y ago

I literally thought this had already happened years ago. Have no idea why.

tengbretson 6y ago

Does this mean the project is being put out to pasture?

rssfed23 6y ago
Far from it!

arianvanp 6y ago

Does this acquisition include https://rancherfederal.com/ https://rancherfederal.com/ or is that still a completely separate entity?

rssfed23 6y ago
It does include Rancher federal as well as Rancher Labs

didip 6y ago

How much? I can't find acquisition price anywhere.

rssfed23 6y ago
The price was never disclosed publicly, but some news websites quoted between $600-$700 million (https://www.itpro.co.uk/development/open-source/356382/sure-acquires-kubernetes-startup-rancher-labs#:~:text=German%2Dbased%20Linux%20distribution%20company,buy%20the%20Cupertino%2Dbased%20startup https://www.itpro.co.uk/development/open-source/356382/sure-....)

foobar98761 6y ago

Sadly as usual it leads to "synergy" and therefore layoffs.. I think every move in this direction at SUSE led to layoffs in the past and I hope that's not the case now, specially in the middle of a Pandemic.

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BossingAround 6y ago

I have grown to dislike Rancher more and more. Their marketing statements vary from "could be" to outright lies. I hope their "marketing" department will get some of the SUSE culture (and lawyers that will keep them in check).

Irishsteve 6y ago
Any examples of what their products cannot do as effectively as their marketing department say. Just curious :)
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  Yeah, as someone who's considered using them I would very much appreciate any information about practical shortfalls
  - tacitusarc 6y ago
    Definitely the easiest way to set up a bare metal cluster. Make sure you backup the rancher instance, or you won't be able to recover the cluster if something goes wrong. Built in monitoring doesn't work very well on all hardware. Mostly it's great, though.
mikepurvis 6y ago
I gave it a brief try a few times along with CoreOS for setting up dedicated container hosts. Only got a few hours in before I decided it was going to be a lot less hassle to just go with a normal Ubuntu Server install with Docker sitting on top of it.
- tacitusarc 6y ago
  If you can get away with just Docker, don't use Kubernetes. If you can get away with just Docker, don't use Kubernetes. If you can get away with just Docker, don't use Kubernetes. Seriously.
colek42 6y ago