[raesene9]

Docker just took more funding, so it'll likely be a while, but yeah I'd say they're very likely to get acquired in the medium - long term.

Rancher haven't raised in a couple of years, so might be more prone to acquisition in the short term.

In general it lseems likely that as containerization has taken off over the last couple of years , larger players who missed the boat will be looking to make acquisitions to become more relevant in that space.

[xorcist]

Rancher desperately needs to find a niche.

Docker seems to be determined to strike it out on their own. The implications of Kubernetes takes time to materialize, and they might well sell too late.