Regardless of whether your comment was lightly sarcastic or not, I agree that the Docker VMWare[1] & Microsoft partnership announcements may have been conditio

Regardless of whether your comment was lightly sarcastic or not, I agree that the Docker VMWare[1] & Microsoft partnership announcements may have been conditional upon a committed Docker roadmap outlining some or all of the features that others (such as CoreOS) may feel should be broken out. Typically larger ecosystem players want to be assured that your offering will have a clearly defined role within their existing ecosystem that plays to your core brand and technical competency. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/08/25/vmware-gets-docker-love-announces-a-raft-of-integrations-and-partnerships/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/08/25/vmware-gets-...