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by developer2 3349 days ago
Terrible timing for Docker to do this. It may not be much of an underlying change, but the simple fact that https://github.com/docker/docker redirects to https://github.com/moby/moby is a product-destroying move, as Docker is now just managing to spread to a wider audience.

This move is going to confuse many users, and could entirely derail their growth. What the hell were they thinking, to execute this decision at such a critical point in time? Docker was already confusing enough to get started with, and now there's an additional barrier to entry just to understand what it all means? People right now at least understand what "Docker" is; now people are going to be redirected to something called "Moby", and many will give up out of confusion.

Really bad timing for such a move.

tldr; Am I even supposed to call it "Docker" now? Years of growing recognition of that name, thrown out the window.

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Users shouldn't be confused as they are able to continue using docker as they have in the past. The Moby project doesn't affect their consumption and use of docker.