But what does it actually mean? Is this in incubator in the same sense as a startup incubator? This just sounds like a popularity contest, where the winners get a stamp of approval from the CNCF, provided you play by their rules. What value does the CNCF add?
Think of it as process maturity. They don't want to just rubber-stamp some company's project as a "CNCF" project, only to have it collapse when the company pulls employees off it.
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But what does it actually mean? Is this in incubator in the same sense as a startup incubator? This just sounds like a popularity contest, where the winners get a stamp of approval from the CNCF, provided you play by their rules. What value does the CNCF add?
Think of it as process maturity. They don't want to just rubber-stamp some company's project as a "CNCF" project, only to have it collapse when the company pulls employees off it.
As a gatekeeper (and as a result, status, attention, prestige, etc.)
Funding can be attained more readily if you have a project that reaches any of these stages.