As someone only casually knowledgable in this area (e.g. I use docker for some of my home automation thingies, I still haven't wrapped my head fully around what

As someone only casually knowledgable in this area (e.g. I use docker for some of my home automation thingies, I still haven't wrapped my head fully around what Kubernetes is beyond something like a way to manage a bunch of similar containers? VMs? eg).. Docker, the kabillion dollar company, never had a chance. We all recognize the potential and actual problems when some very crucial piece of infrastructure is only free/open source and not maintained -- but this is what happens when it is "overmaintained" I.e. it makes sense to invest big in something that is good and could be crucial; but only if you can both keep up quality AND stave off competitors -- and in this case, competitors aren't just other companies, but free software in general. It's kind of funny, in a way, Docker made itself a target for "good competition" by being so visible, in a way that e.g. "curl" didn't. Either way, I always knew "Docker the kabillion dollar company" was a stupid stupid bet. Small company, great bet. But this? Destined to fail.