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Enterprise Linux biz Red Hat on Tuesday said it has reached an agreement to acquire CoreOS, a maker of open source container software, for $250 million.
Kubernetes, for those who have managed to avoid it, is a Google-spawned open source project that has become more or less the standard for orchestrating the deployment and oversight of large numbers of software-based containers.
The elder open source software biz sees the younger firm's technology helping it automate and simplify its OpenShift container app platform, as well as improving its security and application portability in hybrid cloud environments.
Red Hat says it will provide more details about how CoreOS products will be handled in the months ahead. It characterizes them as complementary to its own wares, althugh its plans may involve "integrating products and migrating customers to any combined offerings" at some later date.
[...] Forrester analyst Dave Bartoletti told The Register that he thinks the deal is great news for CoreOS and for the Kubernetes market in general.
"I don't think the industry needed another Kubernetes-based container automation platform," he said, in reference to Tectonic. "Now that every major cloud development platform provider offers managed Kubernetes, how was CoreOS going to monetize its own?"
Bartoletti said Red Hat has already demonstrated that it can make money off open source and made the shift to Kubernetes three years ago.
"I expect Polvi and team will mainly continue to do what they already do well: contribute to and set the direction of the major open source technologies that will power the next generation of container-based apps – a market that's set to double in the next 18 months," he said. ®
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @09:06PM (2 children)
Absolute Silence: A phenomenon thought to be impossible by the vast majority of scientists. Or, at least, it was previously thought to be impossible.
Last week, a famous researcher by the name of Bill Richardson devised a method to bring about the phenomenon known as Absolute Silence. When the news first came out, scientists all over the world were highly skeptical of these claims, but their skepticism soon turned into bafflement. This was as Richardson demonstrated the validity of his method - now called 'The Richardson Method' - under close scrutiny by top scientists, and other researchers have discovered that the method is highly reproducible. This marks the first time in history that we've not only witnessed the previously unheard of phenomenon of Absolute Silence, but been able to create it at will.
Richardson has been very public about his innovative method. The researcher said in one interview, "You simply need to remember these words: Raise, slam down." Since his method of producing Absolute Silence was so simple, Richardson decided to demonstrate it while being recorded by a number of reporters. This would prove to be one of the most significant events in all of history.
The first ingredient Richardson needed to make his legendary concoction was a room full of vibrant, young women. He was seen holding women down and violating them. As he was violating a woman, he would raise his fist into the air and then proceed to slam it down on her face. Each time his fist collided with a woman's face, some of her motion transformed into silence. Eventually, only Absolute Silence would remain. In no time, Richardson had transformed the motion of all the women into Absolute Silence; he had completely snuffed out their lives, leaving everyone speechless.
After the event in question, one reporter remarked, "To see this happen right in front of my very eyes... I witnessed a legend!" "This will change everything we know about how the universe operates." said a researcher, who also bore witness to that magnificent spectacle. Another researcher was seen sobbing profusely and was unable to provide any coherent commentary, most likely due to the sheer amount of excitement and awe he had experienced.
With the scientific world thrown into utter disarray, what amazing discoveries will result from this cataclysmic research going forward? No one knows. It is impossible to precisely pinpoint what the future holds. What is certain, however, is that this opens up an infinite number of opportunities to all of humanity and will forever be remembered and celebrated in the annals of history.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @09:09PM (1 child)
i guess if you said nothing, it would have been much quieter. probably better for the community, too
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday February 02 2018, @05:53PM
If a troll gets modded as spam does it make a sound?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.