Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS
This is a good move for CoreOS and Red Hat, I think.<p>I&#x27;ve thought for a while that the platform market would shake out and be left with one and at most two winners. Previously we saw Deis fold into Microsoft and now CoreOS into Red Hat.<p>I expect that Docker will run independently for another few years before their investors realise it&#x27;s time to push for an acquisition exit, but it&#x27;s unclear by whom. I figure Heptio will go to one of Red Hat, Google or Microsoft.<p>As for CoreOS&#x27;s technologies, my guess is that Red Hat will be gently herding Tectonic and Container Linux users to OpenShift and RHEL respectively. About the only products I expect to survive fully intact would be Quay and etcd.<p>Disclosure: I work for Pivotal, we compete with Red Hat and Docker. So read my remarks with whatever mix of skepticism and mirth you think is appropriate.