05.29.20

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What Happened to Docker is a Cautionary Tale About the Not-So-New Microsoft

Posted in Action, GNU/Linux, Microsoft at 7:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Two Lucifer: New Microsoft

Summary: It’s hardly shocking that Docker collapsed (mass-scale layoffs) after the company had gotten close to Microsoft and got rid of its very own founder (a Red Hat veteran) while the software is being killed off/co-opted by Microsoft (all over the news this week; we’ve omitted links by intention as it’s only puff pieces, no investigative journalism anywhere); we only ask one thing: is anyone paying attention and, if so, what are the lessons learned?

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