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pretty clear in Docker Inc CEO words here: https://gigaom.com/2014/12/20/on-docker-coreos-open-source-and-virtualization/ https://gigaom.com/2014/12/20/on-docke
by ABS 12y ago
pretty clear in Docker Inc CEO words here: https://gigaom.com/2014/12/20/on-docker-coreos-open-source-and-virtualization/ https://gigaom.com/2014/12/20/on-docker-coreos-open-source-a...
“The closest analogy I guess I can give you is, for people who think of Docker and containers as a new form of virtualization, so [with] open source we gave away ESX and what we are selling is something akin to vCenter or vSphere.”
- tuffle 12y agoWhich, if you put the pieces together, clarifies that the purpose of new Docker features is to lasso in fragmentation and make sure you're going to buy their vCenter/vSphere rather than any alternative. This also clarifies why things like Rocket are the biggest existential threat facing Docker Inc., and why the mud is being slung.
- ABS 12y agowell, those are two different things, aren't they? the direction is pretty clear. On everything else I'm on the fence but so far the 'batteries included, but swappable' motto has been respected: everything new they have done/announced lately is not in Docker core but rather an external project (think: Swarm, Machine, Compose) that uses the public APIs