> The problem with this is that if Docker Inc goes under, you can say goodbye to Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/
So you think that Docker Hub is Docker Inc's entire value proposition?
And if Docker Inc is nothing more than a glorified blob storage service, how much do you think should company be worth?
Oh, not at all! I just think that it's the biggest Achilles' heel around Docker at the moment, one that could have catastrophic consequences on the industry.
- you no longer can use your own images that are stored in Hub
- because of that, you cannot deploy new nodes, new environments or really test anything
- you also cannot push new images or release new software versions, what you have in production is all that there is
- the entire history of your releases is suddenly gone
I don't pass judgements on the worth of the company, nor is there any actual way to objectively decide how much it's worth, seeing as they also work on Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm (maintenance mode only though), Docker Desktop and other offerings that are of no relevance to me or others.
Either way, i suggest that anyone have a caching Docker registry in front of Docker Hub or any other cloud based registry, for example the JFrog Artifactory one. Frankly, you should be doing that with all of your dependencies, be it Maven, npm, NuGet, pip, gems etc.
So you think that Docker Hub is Docker Inc's entire value proposition? And if Docker Inc is nothing more than a glorified blob storage service, how much do you think should company be worth?