On: Billions wasted on Hadoop startups, the same will eventually be true of Docker

[manigandham]

They're comparable in the sense that neither technology had enough market demand to sustain the companies attempting to sell products. Great tech that we all benefit from, but the monetizable bits were not worth the investment.

Then again it's called venture capital for a reason so this isn't exactly unexpected. The question should really be more about the scale and hype that was involved.