IDG Contributor Network: Kubernetes rolls out its latest version

It's always funny watching a new open source initiative gain traction -- all the more so when the initiative in question isn't yet firmly ensconced into the warm, inviting bosom of its own full-fledged foundation. This is certainly the case for Kubernetes.

Kubernetes (commonly referred to by the cool Silicon Valley kids as "k8s") is an open source container cluster manager that is a direct descendant of Google's infamous Borg, the system that Google uses to run its massive global infrastructure. Kubernetes was released less than a year ago as a kind of partnership between Google and the Linux Foundation. 

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