so.. my morning started out heading towards this rabbit-hole, but then fortunately I checked with our HR department, and discovered that my employer doesn't exceed the requirements for a commercial Docker Desktop license. big relief for me right there..
while this post does contain lots of super technical points (yeah, I saw those comments), this is a super technical topic.. which leads straight back to the "how" and "why" of Docker's decision on this matter.
anyways, with the deadline for this looming ever closer, I suspect there are going to be a sudden stupendous influx of "Docker alternative" and "Docker without Docker Desktop" articles, debates, and so on.. not unlike this one.
it has lots of helpful information presented in a clear way, and the alternatives it lists don't require any "special magic" to get working, which might be very appealing for some.
with all that said: I do sincerely hope that anyone able and/or required to pay for a license actually does so... it would be really sad for Docker to have come this far, having influenced so many aspects of "containerization", only to fade into the background because of "suddenly not being free to everybody". at the end of the day, everybody still has bills to pay.. 🤔
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so.. my morning started out heading towards this rabbit-hole, but then fortunately I checked with our HR department, and discovered that my employer doesn't exceed the requirements for a commercial Docker Desktop license. big relief for me right there..
while this post does contain lots of super technical points (yeah, I saw those comments), this is a super technical topic.. which leads straight back to the "how" and "why" of Docker's decision on this matter.
anyways, with the deadline for this looming ever closer, I suspect there are going to be a sudden stupendous influx of "Docker alternative" and "Docker without Docker Desktop" articles, debates, and so on.. not unlike this one.
so before that gets out of control: I'd like to share one that I did discover just this morning: devopstales.github.io/home/docker-...
it has lots of helpful information presented in a clear way, and the alternatives it lists don't require any "special magic" to get working, which might be very appealing for some.
with all that said: I do sincerely hope that anyone able and/or required to pay for a license actually does so... it would be really sad for Docker to have come this far, having influenced so many aspects of "containerization", only to fade into the background because of "suddenly not being free to everybody". at the end of the day, everybody still has bills to pay.. 🤔