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Are there any companies like Docker? They feel like such a Black Swan to me; namely -- "billions" + very useful + pretty much "not evil" at all. I literally ca
by jrm4 4y ago
Are there any companies like Docker? They feel like such a Black Swan to me; namely -- "billions" + very useful + pretty much "not evil" at all. I literally can't think of any others.
I don't mean "literally evil" of course, I personally acknowledge the need to make money et al, but I mean it even seems like your most Stallman-esque types wouldn't have too much of a problem with Docker?
- throwaway2037 4y agoNetflix?
- ynx 4y agoWhile I have no problem with Docker, it probably is worth noting that their entire product is based on a decade and a half of Google engineering invested into the Linux kernel (cgroups). Not that that demeans or devalues Docker, but it contextualizes its existence as an offshoot of a Google project that aimed to make it possible (and did, but only internally)
- jankeymeulen 4y agoSo is OpenAI actually, GPT -> transformer, invented at Google. DALL-E -> diffusion, invented at ... Google.
- margorczynski 4y agoSeems like maybe many of their products are mediocre and short-lived but their engineering and research are top-notch.
- goodpoint 4y ago> Are there any companies like Docker? Let's hope not. > "not evil" at all Sarcasm?
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoWhat's evil about Docker (the company)?
- matt_heimer 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28369570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28369570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27013865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27013865
- goodpoint 4y agoThe bait and switch was not nice but there's more...
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoThat is very far away from my personal definition of the word "evil".
- jrm4 4y agoNot awesome, but nowhere near the definite evil I've seen from Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, etc....