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There is a point where choice becomes a downside for containers.

The 2nd challenge is that start-up companies are often releasing individual projects as “tools” vs “suites” of software. In many cases, these companies are leading the projects or they are lead by open communities that don’t actively market their projects

@tcrawford choice should mean interoperable

Interoperability is a whole other discussion. Don't forget the process, arch and org changes needed.

@tcrawford elaborate on those issues?

One can/ should not consider existing app architectures for containers. There's a structural difference.

Containers provide the ability to break down the problem into smaller parts.

Interoperability becomes an issue if different teams choose different tech. Standards or consolidation needed.

sounds like the chicken and the egg problem or is there an easy way for practitioners to go?

It does not mean reduce to only one vendor. Need the right (smaller) number of choices.

#1: Experiment! Get your hands dirty w/ containers. Figure out how to leverage.

There is no one right way to get started necessarily. The point is just to dig in.

I would expect to see consolidation up/ down the stack in the near term too. Simplifies things.

The question should be: What will make containers more adoptable by the masses?

Remember that we're talking about containers when many are still struggling w/ cloud.

love the advice "getting down and dirty with containers" with Tim Crawford !!

have to get @blueboxjesse and @cloudtroll in this convo

I'm sure that @bluebloxjesse and @cloudtroll have nothing to say on the subject. ;)

Open source software has reached an inflection point that will force many IT leaders to reconsider how they acquire technology and engage with the communities that build it

I absolutely agree that Open Source in the enterprise has reached the tipping point. #CIO

As open source evolve, IT to evaluate the ramifications of open source becoming more mainstream and widely adopted. What happens to communities when “open source software” transitions to just “software” and open source becomes the defacto model

There has been a mindshift from open source software as something that was used in the bowels of IT that didn’t necessarily have corporate approval to active contribution and preference towards using open source software

There is often a disconnect between the creation and usage of open source software from the monetization of open source

Traditional software vendors are trying to sort out a business model that allows them to blend commercial offerings and open source

Initially, there are several important things to note about this diagram: 1) None of these elements are hardware or cloud dependent

2) Implementations may combine some of these layers into a single piece of software. Individual functions have been separated to display where vendors and tools fit into the broader architecture

3) Not all elements are mandatory. Some elements could be manually configured within other elements, or may not be required depending on the application needs (e.g., virtual machines, service discovery)

For companies interested in modern application development for their business, now is the time to be exploring both the container architectures

The ability to rapidly experiment and develop the necessary skills around these domains will be critical to the success of IT organizations looking to keep their business relevant in the software-defined era we’re quickly moving into

It is important to not only engage with the vendors bringing these tools and platforms to market, but also exploring how to engage with the open communities

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Craig McLuckie ‏@cmcluck says Exciting! @furrier and I will be joined by @brendandburns, @njoneja, @milesward and @KitMerker

Docker! Kubernetes! The state of "open" in cloud and much more.

Google is doing a crowdchat on Thursday stay tuned here on CrowdChat for all the real time action

one of the main reasons for container popularity is simple setup and operations