Re:CoreOS is building a container runtime, Rocket
by jsprogrammer on Tuesday December 02, 2014 @04:28PM
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That is difficult to achieve when you're embedded in a culture that often puts money above everything. Everyone (as in, those competing [often corporations]) are focused on the dollars and market share over the technical merits of the solutions.
There is a strong desire to own and control solutions. The facts are that image registries and container execution are lightweight abstractions over already existing protocols [DNS, HTTP] and technologies [Linux Containers]. There's not much to own in the space other than through having the 'best' technical solution.
We all are here because of that disruptive vision and willing to cooperate beyond personal & corps interests, not to compete between startups to get funds and be quoted to the NASDAQ. No Linux or Docker or even Google, would be here without that enlightened vision.
That's way I don't agree with @shykes statement one too: "1)Competition is always good ...". No Sir, not always, it depends by what you are competing for and if you follow the competition rules too.
I'm really astonished seeing big CORPs like Microsoft, VMware and others, put their eyes on a relatively small but potentially disruptive projects like Docker, the pressure could be misleading, also for an Hacker like @shykes.
We already saw that traps so many times ..., anyway I think everything it's gonna be good at the end of the day and I saw @shykes on the right pathway already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8684119
I like Docker as a project, as well as a company. So many times I thought: "that's a company I'd really like to work for".
I'm sure that @shykes (Solomon Hykes), has the strength to find the balance between external Corps pressures and Project wellness to led this Open Source community the right path like he did until now.