Sunday, April 24, 2016

Docker History

1/18/13Docker project was created on GitHub by Andrea Luzzardi (engineer of dotCloud) using Go language and was maintained mostly by Hykes
3/27/13Docker: Automated and Consistent Software Deploymentsintroducing Docker for the 1st time
8/5/13
coreOS introduced a cloud supporting Docker images

12/1/14
CoreOS is building a container runtime, rkt
introducing compete product. A lot of arguments from two sides about Docker vs Rocket (rkt) on Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8682525
5/5/15
rkt, appc, and Docker: A Take on the Linux Container Upstream
"It would be better for the community if CoreOS and Docker collaborated on a standardized common spec, image format, and distribution protocol.” - riekrh
6/20/15
Industry Leaders Unite to Create Project for Open Container Standards
Open Container Initiative is created
6/22/15
App Container and the Open Container Project
written by Alex Polvi - CEO @CoreOSLinux
7/21/15
New Cloud Native Computing Foundation to Drive Alignment Among Container Technologies
Cloud Native Computing Foundation is created
7/21/15
What’s behind Linux’s new Cloud Native Computing Foundation?
Amazon Web Services, EMC and Microsoft not in CNCF (mostly lead by Google)
12/8/15
Making Sense of Container Standards and Foundations: OCI, CNCF, appc and rkt
written by Alex Polvi - CEO @CoreOSLinux
4/14/16
Celebrating the Open Container Initiative Image Specification
OCI Image Specification



Some names:

Alex Polvi - CEO @CoreOSLinux

Brandon Philips - CTO @CoreOSLinux

Solomon Hykes - Docker founder/CTO

Ben Golub - Docker CEO