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Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Re: Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Post by ternaryoperator »

squid3 wrote: post #9

The idea of PaaS is great but if developers can't afford the services, they'll all shut down. It seems to be the norm these days to host your app with one provider and host your databases elsewhere. Imagine paying for MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, etc etc, I'd rather get a dedicated server and host everything on it. Far cheaper and great for learning. One PaaS with developers in mind is https://nodechef.com I…

It's not about the developers. It's about signing up large customers, as in enterprises. If you don't have them, it doesn't matter how much of anything else you have, you're going to have a hard time surviving in PaaS.

Re: Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Post by helloiamaperson »

squid3 wrote: post #9

The idea of PaaS is great but if developers can't afford the services, they'll all shut down. It seems to be the norm these days to host your app with one provider and host your databases elsewhere. Imagine paying for MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, etc etc, I'd rather get a dedicated server and host everything on it. Far cheaper and great for learning. One PaaS with developers in mind is https://nodechef.com I…

> One PaaS with developers in mind is https://nodechef.com It would be interesting to see how they do.

Is this your product? All of your comments are about it.

Re: Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Post by 0xCMP »

Yea to be clear. This article is kind of written horribly and the title is click-bait. Everyone who follows Docker should know that Dotcloud used to be the name of Docker.

However, as the article explained horribly, many like my self didn't know they sold their PaaS service where they originally developed Docker to another company.

The original dotCloud (aka. Docker) is still fine. Is not going bankrupt or shutting down. The owners of the service they originally built is going down.

Re: Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Post by acjohnson55 »

Somewhat sad to hear it. When I was working on my startup, we got our start on Dotcloud. We ended up migrating mid-stream to Heroku, which was more expensive but ultimately better designed and faster at progressing.

But it's been gratifying to see that the original team found a very potent niche in containerization. It's kind of funny that Docker is now probably the hotter of the two companies.

Re: Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Post by lukebennett »

0xCMP wrote: post #14

Yea to be clear. This article is kind of written horribly and the title is click-bait. Everyone who follows Docker should know that Dotcloud used to be the name of Docker. However, as the article explained horribly, many like my self didn't know they sold their PaaS service where they originally developed Docker to another company. The original dotCloud (aka. Docker) is still fine. Is not going bankrupt or shutting d…

I take your point, though in fairness many who follow Docker will have noted the sale at the time as it was all over HN etc. Followed not all that long after by the acquisition of Tutum interestingly, getting them right back into the PaaS space again.

Re: Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29

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Post by 0xCMP »

lukebennett wrote: post #17
0xCMP wrote: post #14

Yea to be clear. This article is kind of written horribly and the title is click-bait. Everyone who follows Docker should know that Dotcloud used to be the name of Docker. However, as the article explained horribly, many like my self didn't know they sold their PaaS service where they originally developed Docker to another company. The original dotCloud (aka. Docker) is still fine. Is not going bankrupt or shutting d…

I take your point, though in fairness many who follow Docker will have noted the sale at the time as it was all over HN etc. Followed not all that long after by the acquisition of Tutum interestingly, getting them right back into the PaaS space again.

Ah, and the plot thickens. Yea, I just wished the article had made it clear in first few sentences which company we were talking about and what was going on.
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