As a steady 20+ year Linux user who <i>doesn't</i> directly code for a living (I do teach a few intro type classes) this resonates a lot. I never quite understood why "Docker" ended up being such a big deal in the way it was/is.<p>Now, I don't doubt or disagree that it is a potentially extremely useful technology, buut it seemed (and still seems) crazy and nonsensical to me that it is enough to power a whole "business model," of the size it apparently got. Somewhat similar to "curl" or "ssh," or even the Linux kernel -- it could sit under a lot of stuff and be very important, but would work much better as a free and/or open source without limitations kind of thing.<p>Not whatever it is now.