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I think you're going to need serious ops fu for "orchestrating deploys & roll backs with zero downtime" whether you use containers or not. It seems like people with complex environments are flocking to Docker despite its supposed complexity, but maybe that's the echo chamber talking.

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For what it's worth, as you mention Docker solves a piece of the puzzle extremely well that is a boon to an entire ecosystem.

That's awesome.

We love all of the tools and technologies that the op mentions and our message to every one is - integrating with your existing tools is a fundamental goal of the company. Telling anyway to throw away the hard work and sweat they've invested in to the current status quo is antithetical to our mission.

echo chamber, social marketing, etc are all pretty much guaranteed.

You can spot a group trying to create buzz/hype on here pretty easily and docker is having a coordinated marketing blitz with a new release.

Being part of the community has been in our DNA since day 1. The project doesn't exist without it, and the major feeling we all have at DockerCon today is humility.

I think characterizing our involvement in the excitement of today as being nothing more than a marketing blitz is disingenuous at best.

Yeah, it takes a decent level of ops skills for setting those up. It's certainly doable, but it's non-trivial.

If setting those up seems daunting for a team, then it's not the right time to use Docker (in production at least).

It only takes a high level of ops skill if your apps aren't designed for it. ;-)

What does that even mean?

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