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Gus, It's not only performance, that counts. If you have a swarm of docker containers running version 1 of your application, you can upgrade by rotating and slowly move all containers in the swarm to version 2 of the application without anyone noticing it. OpenEdge is more and more a backend-solution, given the fact that most new / modern interfaces will be done in things like NativeScript, React, Angular and so on. Having a fast and reliable way to scale your backend up and down is a big advantage. Progress should, imho, really come up with a cohesive strategy to support Docker. Not only that Progress delivers us Dockers, but also that Progress makes sure we can create containers ourselfs. Not joining Docker is like slamming the door shut to a future for OpenEdge as a stable, scalable and reliable, 24x7 up, cloud backend for Webapps, Nativeapps and the occasional Desktop user.
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