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Although it got off to a slow start, Docker’s growth exploded in the last year or so after the company started offering open source “containers” that let software applications run unchanged across multiple environments, making it much easier to develop and run software in the cloud. Docker says the software has now been downloaded more than 700 million times and has generated more than 180,000 Docker-compatible applications and more than 40 Docker-related startups and partnerships. The company has raised more than $150 million in private capital. One of the primary catalysts is the team, and when I look at Docker...