Docker isn’t going to remove free Free Teams membership after all

Spread the love

Docker has withdrawn the decision to remove the old free Free Teams membership. A reason for the rollback has not been disclosed. Earlier, Docker apologized for the “appalling” way the termination was announced.

If users have requested a data migration to Docker Personal or Pro following the announcement of Free Teams membership termination, goes this one no longer through. Users who purchased a paid subscription after March 14, the date of the announcement, will receive a refund within 30 days.

Docker announced last week that the old, free Free Teams membership would be canceled on April 13. Users in that form could no longer access their data, unless they take out a paid membership. The announcement drew a lot of criticism from both users and developers who maintain repos there.

In an update after the announcement, Docker stated that the termination of the subscription form was announced in a “terrible” way and led to a lot of confusion. At first it seemed that public images would also be removed, but the company clarified that it was ‘only’ about ‘organizational data’. Furthermore, Docker stated that ‘less than two percent’ of users would be affected. The confusion and criticism is probably why the decision has now been reversed.

Docker is a platform where developers can host software images, which users in containers turn. The usp of this system is that the necessary dependencies for the software that is distributed can be bundled in the images. For example, even software originally developed for another operating system can run on platforms supported by Docker.

You might also like