I don't disagree on the overall argument, but Juju is as old as openshift -- it just failed to get traction.

It seems like Ubuntu people are pretty good at coming up with usable tech, but pretty bad at fostering overall adoption of their solutions. Pretty much all their "ecosystem" projects have failed, even where the alternative wasn't particularly loved (upstart vs systemd). They desperately need better evangelists -- but they won't get them, as long as they ignore my job application ;)