[chrisandchris]

Assuming that you currently don‘t need any other than the functionality the free plan provides, and assuming all 50 engineers need a license, your „a few hundred dollars“ is actually $1‘250/month just for getting the same as before.

I understand (in some way) the decision Docker made but I am not sure it is the way-to-go. However, it is a very hard question and if I had to pay a monthly fee for each component I‘m using to develop a solution, one or the other project would not even start because it‘s not worth it anymore.

[yarcob]

That 50 people team probably costs at least 250000/month. Are you going to take away a tool that everyone on the team needs to save 1250?

Or put another way, how much time would you need to replicate what Docker offers for a team of 50 people? If it takes more than 25% of the time of a single employee, then Docker is cheaper (assuming your employee costs $5000 a month, which I guess is a lower bound for an engineer).

[chrisandchris]

No, I am not (that was also not my point basically). My point is that you are going to pay for a) something you got for free (as in beer) before and b) something you don‘t (maybe) need/want.

I think it is a very valid question how to monetize Docker (and all the other libraries we are using for free), but I am personally not sure that subscriptions to everything are the solution.

I am sure that this expense should not get into your way if you have 50+ engineers, however if you think that with all expenses…