Is Swarm at EOL?

I've been a big fan of Swarm since it was launched over a decade ago and I've made multiple courses on it that still sell. But, we recently got some news out of Mirantis that might be bad news. So I talked about it last week on my live stream.

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★Topics★
Blog post that sparked this discussion:
https://www.portainer.io/blog/portainer-the-essential-tool-for-docker-swarm-users-facing-a-kubernetes-future

Creators & Guests

• Cristi Cotovan - Editor
• Beth Fisher - Producer
• Bret Fisher - Host

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:34) - Mirantis' Role in Swarm's Future
• (01:52) - The Hope of Swarm being shipped in Docker Engine
• (02:43) - Portainer's Perspective on Swarm's Viability
• (05:04) - Swarm Community and Support
• (06:24) - One Sentence Signals Change?
• (09:14) - Swarm in Maintenance Mode
• (11:24) - The Docker-Swarm Stack
• (12:20) - Future of Swarm in Docker Engine
• (14:29) - Integration Challenges

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