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Docker Raises $23M

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Re: Docker Raises $23M

#31

At first, I wanted to read the article. But having to wait more than one minute to submit my cookie preferences, I closed the tab and left. If anyone at Docker is reading this: Please reconsider your cookie banner implementation.

And here I wasn't asked at all about my preferences! I wonder why our experience was so different.

Re: Docker Raises $23M

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post #29

Can't help but see this as bad for everything; to me it feels like if "curl" or "ssh" raises $23M. I would love for these people who work on these great tools to make lots of money, but what this means is that "now Docker has to figure out how to squeeze money out of this particular (admittedly good) tool in the chain" -- and the tool usually suffers.

Docker was created by a VC-backed startup in 2013. So they have had an incentive to make money from the very start. At no point was Docker not financed by VC money.

Re: Docker Raises $23M

#33

At first, I wanted to read the article. But having to wait more than one minute to submit my cookie preferences, I closed the tab and left. If anyone at Docker is reading this: Please reconsider your cookie banner implementation.

These cookie banners are so annoying - govt messes this type of stuff over and over. Let me control cookies on my end, I can choose not to accept cookies using my own browser controls, or delete them after 1 hour etc.

Re: Docker Raises $23M

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post #29

Can't help but see this as bad for everything; to me it feels like if "curl" or "ssh" raises $23M. I would love for these people who work on these great tools to make lots of money, but what this means is that "now Docker has to figure out how to squeeze money out of this particular (admittedly good) tool in the chain" -- and the tool usually suffers.

Yeah, this is abjectly terrifying to me. A signal that I need to begin looking at alternatives to Docker.

Re: Docker Raises $23M

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "We don't need Docker" was also on the front page of Hacker News. I read it as a typical "We don't need [Complex Tool] because we don't have [Complex Tool Solutions] problems". Not trivializing it, I think those articles are valuable hype-free analysis of the latest tool-of-the-day. "They don't need Docker" and "We absolutely need Docker" are non-contradictory.

There's also, though, things like K8S not using Docker, podman becoming popular, etc. Neither is a definitive nail, but it does erode Docker's moat a bit.

K8S uses containerd which is the official Docker runtime.

Re: Docker Raises $23M

#37

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NoScript + uBlock Origin to the rescue!

Re: Docker Raises $23M

#38

Interesting to see this called a Series B. Did Docker hit reset after the split? Here's a separate thread for "Docker Series B: More Fuel To Help Dev Teams Get Ship Done" - with a bit more info on what the plan is from Scott. Interesting to see this news on the same day that "We don't need Docker" was also on the front page of Hacker News. I think we absolutely still need Docker in 2021. https://news.ycombinator.com/…

They already did series-e and looped back around: https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/docker-series-e--a2...

Re: Docker Raises $23M

#39
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At first, I wanted to read the article. But having to wait more than one minute to submit my cookie preferences, I closed the tab and left. If anyone at Docker is reading this: Please reconsider your cookie banner implementation.

Trust arc is incredibly obnoxious

Is this kind of artificial delay even legal under the GDRP? Does anyone know if there has been any lawsuits against trust arc and co over this stuff? After waiting forever I was greeted with: "Some opt-outs failed. Opt-out requests responded with error or timeout. Please try again". How is this okay?

Re: Docker Raises $23M

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Im still a little surprised Microsoft hasn't bought Docker (or one of the other big compute-infra players).

Docker sold its compute infra business.

I wasn't suggesting they buy Docker's (former) compute-infra business but that it would be a good complimentary buy to Microsoft's or one of the other compute-infra player's businesses to own Docker since it is an additional tap into the developer market.
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