Lessons Learned from a Decade of CNCF Projects

As Docker talks about their successes and failures after 10 years, what lessons can be learned by open source companies, projects and foundations over the past decade.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Docker at 10 - Three Things we got Right, Three Things we got Wrong (TNS)
• Lessons Learned from Docker (Eps.505 - 2021)
• Lessons Learned from OpenShift (Eps. 489 - 2021)
• If Kubernetes is Boring, what’s next? (Eps.509 - 2021)

IT’S HARD TO SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES

• Docker was the transition between OpenStack (bad foundation) and Kubernetes (CNCF)
• Was Docker a Community or a Cult? How did Leadership work?
• Docker was stuck between VMware and Developers

WHAT HAS THE INDUSTRY LEARNED FROM THE DOCKER DAYS?

• Customers and communities are very hesitant to adopt another single-vendor offering
• Could Docker have succeeded as a “free” implementation?
• As much as DevOps and PlatformEngineering are happening, it’s tough to have an “in between” technology (used by both Infra and AppDev)
• It’s OK to adapt your monetization model, but it’s not OK to not have one
• Open source can’t be the driving force of a business. It’s not a charity. 
• If somebody offers you $3B, maybe consider taking it….

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