Brian Grant

While I love the comic and the idea of telling this story more widely, I do want to correct some of the details in this comic. It is important for community health that we don't overplay the history here.

1) Kubernetes is a infrastructure management framework and not an application itself. 2) While software is written for multiple computers the way it is deployed isn't.

3) "Engineers came up with containers" glosses over a *ton* of work across Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux kernel, docker, etc. There is history here.

4) I didn't help create borg. I used it. I did help create GCE -- and that used borg. 5) Kubernetes is inspired by borg but isn't a renamed borg. 6) Docker can both be seen as a competitor (Swarm) and a partner/component (containerd).

Wrt creating k8s -- it was me, @cmcluck and @brendandburns that got the project started. Early on @nastyfinn, @bgrant0607 and @thockin came on board to help shape project early.

7) It is great to see Phillips move from 3s to 200ms. But k8s is only part of the puzzle. All the magic happens with what people are building ON TOP of k8s. /end

One more thing! Early on Kubernetes saw a huge boost from the redhat OpenShift team led by @smarterclayton. The project is much better because of their early involvement.

The origin story is more nuanced than the "co-creator" brush I get painted with. The project would be WILDLY different and less successful without RH and several other key early voices.