Kubernetes shifts computing from virtual to logical infrastructure
Craig McLuckie · EP 589: HeptIo Growing Kubernetes Adoption With $8.5M Raised From Accel with Founder Craig McLuckie · Mar 5, 2017 · at 9:24
Craig McLuckie, co-founder of Kubernetes and CEO of Heptio, explains the conceptual evolution of cloud infrastructure to host Nathan Latka.
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“And so Kubernetes has really, you know, provided the step from having to think about virtual infrastructure to thinking about this logical infrastructure, this perfect idea of what a machine should be. And that's largely how, you know, developers at Google and Facebook and other places experience the world.”
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