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What's Docker Desktop exactly?
The thing that I have to install on MacOS so that I can run docker. Is there any other way(i.e no gui utility) ?
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Re: Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years
#62I remember everyone had written Docker off for dead when they announced their updated pricing plans, but they really made perfect sense, and I am happy to see the company recover. A large chunk of the tech world today relies on their products, but they were making next to nothing for it. It is definitely worth it for large companies to throw a few dollars their way considering the massive amount of value they are get…
Great move by them to introduce a license requirement for 250+ seats but not waste resources enforcing it (as far as I can tell). Those who will pay, will pay. Those who won’t, will switch tools no matter how painful. They stayed relevant by keeping all their users, even those technically breaking the license, but also collected some cash.
Re: Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years
#63For what it's worth, I'd call this "Docker 3.0" given that the first iteration was dotCloud, their Heroku competitor — I liked using that!
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Just like I don't know anybody that pays for Oracle... because I live in a bubble.
Oracle had a 2022 yearly revenue of $42.4 billion. If Docker increased their revenue ten-fold it would still be around 40 times smaller than Oracle.
It's still tangential to his point though.
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What's Docker Desktop exactly?
The thing that I have to install on MacOS so that I can run docker. Is there any other way(i.e no gui utility) ?
your question is confusing, docker-desktop is a gui utility. rancher-desktop is the equivalent to that.
if you don't want a command line, docker itself (the underlying utility that the docker-desktop GUI drives) is free, in contrast to the GUI portion. Or kubernetes.
so the direct answer is "brew install docker".
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#68> 254% YoY from ~$11M ARR in late 2020 to ~$135M at the end of 2022 just by flipping Docker Hub and Docker Desktop to paid for businesses I have never met a single person who pays, or works for a company that pays, for Docker Desktop. Why would you? Paying for Docker Hub seems like something that people do because they have to short-term, but there’s no genuine selling point to it long-term and I suspect people will…
Some teams in my company happily pay for Docker Desktop because of the ease. I know several other companies in Berlin that do that as well.
There is a world outside FAANG and related companies that dominate HN mindspace.
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I feel like it's also good to pay in order to support the company, so long as they continue to provide something of value.
This is terrible financial advice.
If paying for docker affects your bottom line, you have bigger problems. In the meantime, not paying things creates a tragedy of the commons and distorts the market (by giving an advantage to incumbents who earn money on other things).
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Just like I don't know anybody that pays for Oracle... because I live in a bubble.
Oracle had a 2022 yearly revenue of $42.4 billion. If Docker increased their revenue ten-fold it would still be around 40 times smaller than Oracle.
Doesn't that prove the point however? If a company as large as Oracle has unseen customers, then Docker definitely does.