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Docker have never done the one obvious thing to monetise - an upsell and enterprise support for the engine. Trying to be a poor mans pivotal was a stupid strat

Docker have never done the one obvious thing to monetise - an upsell and enterprise support for the engine. Trying to be a poor mans pivotal was a stupid strategy, and developer tools is awkward too. I’m convinced if they charged $10 per engine per month they would have kept all of the goodwill and momentum and been the next VMWare.

V99 5y ago
They tried that ("Docker Enterprise Edition") years ago, with some minor differentiation on features only available in EE... but for $62-300/node/month. This is now the part Mirantis owns, current Docker is the developer-focused side. https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-enterprise-edition/ https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-enterprise-edition/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171118161452/https://www.docker.com/pricing https://web.archive.org/web/20171118161452/https://www.docke...
gjs278 5y ago
vmware is the next cobol. nobody under 50 is going to use that shit.
sneak 5y ago
The engine on Windows is nonfree (both cost and freedom).