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Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies

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Re: Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies

#2
Since they've buried it a little:

"Specifically, small businesses (fewer than 250 employees AND less than $10 million in revenue) may continue to use Docker Desktop with Docker Personal for free. The use of Docker Desktop in large businesses, however, requires a Pro, Team, or Business paid subscription, starting at $5 per user per month."

Re: Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies

#5
Note that Docker Desktop and Docker Engine are separate products. Docker Desktop is the desktop application package that makes Docker user-friendly on macOS and Windows. Docker Engine, the container runtime itself, remains free:

> No changes to Docker Engine or any upstream open source Docker or Moby project.

If you develop on Linux, no changes are needed.

Re: Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies

#7

What a strange sentence.. As if "Docker" is some third party. They're referring to themselves in the 3rd person. Be warned

Meh, it's just for the headline. If someone shared the article and the title is scraped, "we're" isn't as self-explanatory and required you to look at the URL for context.

The article itself uses "we"

Re: Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies

#9

so, when's everyone switching over to Podman?

If you're doing $10M in ARR, how much engineering time are you going to spend to switch compared to paying Docker a few thousand dollars a month? Your spend on cloud and Slack (or other comms) is likely far higher. You're probably spending more on mobile/cell business service.

"Docker attempting to monetize users of its product who can easily afford the cost." I mean, the terms seems reasonable, and wouldn't you rather support Docker vs IBM (Redhat->Podman)?

Nothing changes for users who aren't making money using Docker, but I suppose you could still spend your time switching to podman on principal.

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