(Greek for helmsman)
Kubernetes is a container orchestrator
Initiated by Google
Version 1.0 was donated to the community in 2015
Governed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Minor version every three months
Starting with version 1.19: 4 minor versions (12 months)
Older versions: 3 minor versions (9 months)
Part of the Linux Foundation
Governs the contained projects
18 graduated, 37 incubated, 83 sandbox projects
KubeCon / CloudNativeCon (bi-annual, North America and Europe)
Many smaller conferences focused on specific topics all year
Numerous community days across the world