Enough searching around told me what CNCF is, but I still don't know what it means to "graduate"
And of funding. Some of the hoops such as a 3rd party audit are _not_ cheap
Nothing protecting them from rotting or dying or breaking obviously, but at least you know you won’t be shouting at it alone.
Funding can be attained more readily if you have a project that reaches any of these stages.
for each there are conditions, including number of contributors, number of companies oficially backing it, etc.
It’s basically saying: If you were shying away from using Istio in production, we graduated, take a look now?
Of course it's also possible to use this tech to actually get stuff done. But that's not what it's widely used for in this consulting environment.
The typical end-customer is you (the tax payer.) You have no influence over what you paid for, though. Also: it's a recurring cost, like Netflix. It doesn't really stop...
I mean, you've got to admit, it's a repeat of history?