Could not agree more.

One of the most salient points of choosing Java as an implementation language is to decouple host system dependencies. It’s really not hard to do once you accept the fact that the only tenable means to produce Java runtime artifacts is necessarily orthogonal to “native” artifact builds.

It seems to me that some in the FOSS community would rather employ an N-squared dependency solution instead of a one-time embrace of a solution that solves dependency resolution independent of host OS. Effectively throwing the baby out with the bath water.

I’m replying because of a link to your post on Reddit. I posted my $.02 to the relevant thread on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/techsnap/comments/34izrf/dormant_docker_disasters_techsnap_212/cr14659

FWIW, Google, Netflix, Amazon, Twitter, banks, insurance companies, hedge traders, and mutual funds don’t follow the JPackage mess.

Be well.