Docker Founder Solomon Hykes Announces Exit from Docker Inc. | Linux Today

Docker Founder Solomon Hykes Announces Exit from Docker Inc.

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Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 28, 2018

In surprise move, Docker Inc. founder Solomon Hykes announced on March 28 that he is leaving the company he created.

“After 10 years building Docker, now feels like the natural moment to move on,” Hykes wrote in an email to eWEEK. “That’s obviously not an easy decision, but I’m certain that it is the right one for everyone.”

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