Kubernetes is here to stay. I will make a bold prediction and say that it will be around for decades. It is undeniably the current leader in the container orchestration space, but more importantly, it is designed in a super-extensible way. Any potential improvement can be built on top of the nice building blocks that Kubernetes provides (for example, service mesh) or replace those building blocks (such as network plugins, storage plugins, and custom schedulers). It is hard to imagine a brand new platform that will make Kubernetes obsolete, as opposed to improving and integrating it.
In addition, the industry momentum behind Kubernetes and the way it is developed in the open and managed by the CNCF is inspiring. Even though it originated from Google, there is no sentiment that it is Google's project. It is perceived as a true open source project that...