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Some of us do, when appropriate. Docker took a technology known to many that setup/admin/manage machines, added some fluff, made things simpler, and marketed t

Some of us do, when appropriate. Docker took a technology known to many that setup/admin/manage machines, added some fluff, made things simpler, and marketed the idea. In a crowd that might spend more time thinking about nodejs and callbacks vs promises or how easily one can tip a rails app up on heroku, existing systems tools for things like jails/virtualization may either be over looked or not a concern. For every docker, there are people (of which I may be one) that think , "big deal, it is just x". Meanwhile that thing is getting traction and popularity. It might not last, but it is around and making noise now.

mtkd 13y ago
It is a simple abstraction of something that many people find very complicated - or choose to not spend time understanding / configuring. (You could say same about Github, Travis etc.)
Swizec 13y ago
"added some fluff, made things simpler, and marketed the idea" Well what on earth do you need a pre-assembled computer for? You just take some circuit boards and a soldering iron, then assemble everything over the weekend and you have a perfectly good computer. I don't understand why this Apple I thing is so popular, it's nothing special. Far as I can tell, every successful piece of tech out there can be reduced to "Added some fluff, simplicity, and marketing to an already existing technology"
- gurraman 13y ago
  They also created an operative system (sure, it builds on existing tech but they added a lot more than just fluff).
lars512 13y ago
There's probably some fair value in making things simpler, not to mention value in marketing. If they can form a large community around it through their marketing, then the tooling will rapidly improve. So, the marketing can be a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.
derefr 13y ago
Honestly, I have no idea if the software I write runs on FreeBSD. I know it runs on Linux, and therefore I know I can package it with Docker. And I think that's the crux of it--do you think anyone would use Heroku if its container environment were FreeBSD-based? I'm guessing not; nobody develops on FreeBSD, so they'd have to test on a separate FreeBSD VM before deploying.
- justincormack 13y ago
  Lots of people seem to develop on Macs, so Linux is a VM to them. And if it runs on a Mac it probably runs on FreeBSD. Joyent seems to be managing with non-Linux containers too.
- FreeBSD-user 13y ago
  That's a shame, FreeBSD is actually a pretty impressive OS. You should give it a try, mono-cultures aren't a good thing.

mtkd 13y ago

It is a simple abstraction of something that many people find very complicated - or choose to not spend time understanding / configuring. (You could say same about Github, Travis etc.)

Swizec 13y ago

"added some fluff, made things simpler, and marketed the idea" Well what on earth do you need a pre-assembled computer for? You just take some circuit boards and a soldering iron, then assemble everything over the weekend and you have a perfectly good computer. I don't understand why this Apple I thing is so popular, it's nothing special. Far as I can tell, every successful piece of tech out there can be reduced to "Added some fluff, simplicity, and marketing to an already existing technology"

gurraman 13y ago
They also created an operative system (sure, it builds on existing tech but they added a lot more than just fluff).

lars512 13y ago

There's probably some fair value in making things simpler, not to mention value in marketing. If they can form a large community around it through their marketing, then the tooling will rapidly improve. So, the marketing can be a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

derefr 13y ago

Honestly, I have no idea if the software I write runs on FreeBSD. I know it runs on Linux, and therefore I know I can package it with Docker. And I think that's the crux of it--do you think anyone would use Heroku if its container environment were FreeBSD-based? I'm guessing not; nobody develops on FreeBSD, so they'd have to test on a separate FreeBSD VM before deploying.

justincormack 13y ago
Lots of people seem to develop on Macs, so Linux is a VM to them. And if it runs on a Mac it probably runs on FreeBSD. Joyent seems to be managing with non-Linux containers too.
FreeBSD-user 13y ago
That's a shame, FreeBSD is actually a pretty impressive OS. You should give it a try, mono-cultures aren't a good thing.