I think the killer feature of Kubernetes is really the infrastructure as code part -- it just makes it very easy to spin services up or down as desired without

I think the killer feature of Kubernetes is really the infrastructure as code part -- it just makes it very easy to spin services up or down as desired without thinking too hard about it. But as the article alludes to, if you're comfortable with the lock-in, you can get that from your cloud provider with tighter integration.