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Tradies, plus, your Quarterly Linux Update SUSE is independent again, so we discuss what’s up with it and its uses. Open source, when mixed with business, is back once again: Coté craves some intellectual closer. Also, Google announced some big game platform thing. So. Chips? Tradies! Not these ones (https://www.tradie.com/us/mens.html). Yes, these ones (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Work-Wear-Uniforms/b?ie=UTF8&node=1731206031). Relevant to your interests S (https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/15/suse-is-once-again-an-independent-company/)U (https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/15/suse-is-once-again-an-independent-company/)SE is once again an independent company (https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/15/suse-is-once-again-an-independent-company/) The Cloud and Open Source Powder Keg (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2019/03/15/cloud-open-source-powder-keg/) Coté’s still not sure what the tidy-bow story is here. AMD stock spikes after Google confirms partnership for new video game streaming service (https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/03/19/a

Look what you made me do Elasticsearch NGINX gets bought, AWS and Elasticsearch are fighting, and why are there so many tech foundations? All this and more on this week’s episode. Plus, Matt Ray tells us how he survived the Facebook outage. Relevant to your interests NGINX to Join F5 (https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/) Keeping Open Source Open – Open Distro for Elasticsearch (http://ttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/keeping-open-source-open-open-distro-for-elasticsearch/) Free Software is the only winner in Elastic NV vs AWS (https://medium.com/@adamhjk/free-software-is-the-only-winner-in-elastic-nv-vs-aws-9416f2a0a7f5) Introducing the Continuous Delivery Foundation, the new home for Tekton, Jenkins, Jenkins X and Spinnaker (https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-continuous-delivery-foundation.html) The Linux Foundation Launches New CommunityBridge Platform to Help Sustain Open Source Communities - The Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/03/the-lin

Nobody’s going to take it over, sorry startups! The 4 Horsemen of Configuration Management They need Java in Cincinnati. The Mongols have no wine. Coté’s going to filibuster ChefConf. https://d2mxuefqeaa7sj.cloudfront.net/s_496DF11063CDFDD5ADCDE2994265DC79C0316721C26F879BC276FEB51BCD7829_1551997391988_image.png Relevant to your interests Red Hat launches Operator Hub, a repository of quality-tested Kubernetes Operators (https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiENvILOykuSzXahegtrj67r0qEwgEKgwIACoFCAowsGkw8AYwgxM?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) Bitbucket Simplifies Building CI/CD Pipelines with Pipes - The New Stack (https://thenewstack.io/bitbucket-simplifies-building-ci-cd-pipelines-with-pipes/) DevOps consolidation continues with JFrog and Shippable (https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/252458615/DevOps-consolidation-continues-with-JFrog-and-Shippable) The Digital Maginot Line (https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/the-digital-maginot-line/) Former Kaspersky Lab Expert Sentenced in Russia for Treason (

There’s a lot of notions about what IT executives actually want to hear in a presentation. It turns out that, like all of us, they just want to hear what they want to hear. Also, is kubernetes really a platform for building platforms, or just a platform? More topics: We can’t talk about blockchain until you’ve done your digital transformation. The Car Wash EBC. Dutch bread. The outcome is that my daughter is no longer hungry. No one ever likes the website. DevRel is Standup. I never get to the part where I deprecate myself. This sandwich is shelf-ware. She looks Australian. Relevant to your interests Now Available – Five New Amazon EC2 Bare Metal Instances: M5, M5d, R5, R5d, and z1d | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-five-new-amazon-ec2-bare-metal-instances-m5-m5d-r5-r5d-and-z1d/) Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2018 Edition (https://www.platformonomics.com/2019/02/follow-the-capex-cloud-table-stakes-2018-edition/) Add It Up: C-suite Doesn't Have a Clue About App Dev (h

Google goes enterprise, Time to upgrade Win 2008, Redis changes licenses again. All this and more in this episode. Plus, Matt explains good parenting to Brandon. Relevant to your interests Google makes $13 billion worth of cloud plans for 2019 (https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiUWh0dHA6Ly90ZWxlY29tcy5jb20vNDk1NTM3L2dvb2dsZS1tYWtlcy0xMy1iaWxsaW9uLXdvcnRoLW9mLWNsb3VkLXBsYW5zLWZvci0yMDE5L9IBAA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) Google acquires cloud migration platform Alooma (https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/19/google-acquires-cloud-migration-platform-alooma/) Google emits a beta of Cloud Service Platform to entice hold-outs with hybrid goodness (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/21/google_cloud_service_platform/) Google's .dev domains now available for a cool $11k, sensible pricing due later this month (https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/19/googles-dev-domains-now-available-for-a-cool-11k-sensible-pricing-due-later-this-month/) Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was 'never sup

Matt makes his return! What do vendors mean by “multi-cloud” and “digital transformation.” Could Ben Thompson’s aggregation theory apply to the public cloud? We discuss all of this and offer more advice on tacos. Relevant to your interests Google open sources ClusterFuzz (https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/google-open-sources-clusterfuzz/) With new security tools, Google looks to reduce the impact of data breaches (https://siliconangle.com/2019/02/05/google-looks-reduce-impact-data-breaches-new-security-tools/) CNCF Dev Stats Dashboards (https://k8s.devstats.cncf.io/d/12/dashboards?refresh=15m&orgId=1) CNCF Annual Report (https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CNCF_Annual_Report_2018.pdf) Amazon Dropping out of NYC (https://boingboing.net/2019/02/14/amazon-drops-new-york-hq2-plan.html) Ultimate Software Sells for $11 Billion - Workforce (https://www.workforce.com/2019/02/07/ultimate-software-sells-for-11-billion/) The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy (https://qz.com/1

Should you pay for Java support? Now you get to decide! It’s more kindle for the lock-in fire. Also, some uninformed commentary on “surveillance capitalism.” Solarwinds To learn more or try the company’s DevOps products for free, visit https://solarwinds.com/devops. Relevant to your interests Oracle Will Charge for Java Starting in 2019 (https://www.aspera.com/en/blog/oracle-will-charge-for-java-starting-in-2019/). What was Java treated like way back in the mid-2000s Sun days? Should you pay for this kind of thing? It seems like the answer is just to run an OpenJDK version (Oracle even has one) or pay for support. With OpenJDK you have to do updates/patches yourself…but, then, that’s why you don’t have to pay for it. Pay for it, and you’re paying someone else to worry about that. Forrester Report (https://www.forrester.com/report/Weighing%20The%20Options%20To%20Oracles%20New%20Java%20SE%20Subscription/-/E-RES147596): “The new subscription's prices for Oracle Java SE support — $25 a month per server core and

This week we discuss why Facebook, Google and Apple are fighting., what makes Enterprise Sales so hard and Coté explains why he misses American Food,. Relevant to your interests Confluent’s meteoric rise (https://www.indexventures.com/blog/confluents-meteoric-rise). Microsoft acquires another open-source company, Citus Data (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/microsoft-acquires-citus-data-open-source-database-start-up.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top). The U.S. Department of Defense on How to Detect 'Agile BS (https://thenewstack.io/the-u-s-department-of-defense-on-how-to-detect-agile-bs/). (https://thenewstack.io/the-u-s-department-of-defense-on-how-to-detect-agile-bs/)' (https://thenewstack.io/the-u-s-department-of-defense-on-how-to-detect-agile-bs/) Opinion | The Facts About Facebook (http://Opinion | The Facts About Facebook). Google asks Supreme Court to rule on when code can be copyrighted (https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18196419/google-supreme-

Coté has a late night, mental breakdown about scorecards. Can Brandon save him? Also, kafka, Travis CI, and snow. Relevant to your interests Atlassian surpassed $1B in calendar-year revenue in 2018 (https://www.zdnet.com/article/atlassian-surpassed-1b-in-calendar-year-revenue-in-2018/) Google remains the top open-source contributor to CNCF projects (https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/17/google-remains-the-top-open-source-contributor-to-cncf-projects/) Oracle exec: Open-source vendors locking down licences proves 'they were never really open (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/17/oracle_exec_opensource_vendors_locking_down_licenses_proves_they_were_never_really_open/)’ Morgan Stanley Downgrades Oracle Stock on Dim Growth Prospects (https://www.barrons.com/articles/oracle-stock-morgan-stanley-downgrades-51547572633) Vodafone signs $550m deal with IBM to offload cloud biz (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/18/vodafone_signs_550m_deal_with_ibm_to_offload_cloud_biz/) Insiders say that Google's new cloud boss is

Are we still on that open source licensing thing? Yes. “The most boring topic of all time.” Also, Slack's logo and long term support software monetization models: how do they work? Summary: “Diapers.com buster (AKA Amazon)” “What is someone really selling with LTS?” “Artful genitals.” “It’s not butt ducks” “I’ve had three dogs since then…” Microsoft laughed. This week’s cover art from TheNextWeb (https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/01/16/slack-has-a-new-logo-and-umm-you-be-the-judge/). MONGO, MONGO, MONGO! MongoDB Issues New Server Side Public License for MongoDB Community Server (https://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-issues-new-server-side-public-license-for-mongodb-community-server) MongoDB not in RHEL 8.0 (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html/8.0_beta_release_notes/new-features#web_servers_databases_dynamic_languages_2) MongoDB "open-source" Server Side Public License rejected (https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-open-source-server-side-public-license-rejected/)

Matt and Brandon discuss the“Non-Compete Software” movement, management changes at Chef and how Github just made everyone’s live a little easier. Plus, we offer tips for Dad’s traveling with kids. Relevant to your interests The Non-Compete Software Movement (https://medium.com/@adamhjk/the-non-compete-software-movement-46996a86e9ca) The Cyclical Theory of Open Source (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2018/12/21/cycles-oss/) community, you keep using that word – Drew Clay (https://medium.com/@drewmusing/community-you-keep-using-that-word-61f038a7dbea) Optimizing impact: why I will not start an Envoy platform company (https://medium.com/@mattklein123/optimizing-impact-why-i-will-not-start-an-envoy-platform-company-8904286658cb) The future of Kubernetes is Virtual Machines (http://tech.paulcz.net/blog/future-of-kubernetes-is-virtual-machines/) Dell returns to market with NYSE listing (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dell-ipo-idUSKCN1OR14E) GitHub now gives free users unlimited private repositories (https://thenex

Jake Moilanen started and sold two companies and is now joining the ranks of Venture Capital. We discuss his career, his approach to investing and he explains what it is like to bringup the Linux Kernel on a supercomputer for the first time. Connect with Jake: * @moilanen (https://twitter.com/moilanen) * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakemoilanen/) For more interview like this subscribe to Software Defined Interviews. (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/) Special Guest: Jake Moilanen .

Brandon interviews Coté about what it's like to be a tech evangelist. Call it "developer advocacy," "developer relations," being a "thought leader," or just a straight up hustler - it's a job that most companies in the computer industry have at least one of. Most of the successful software and projects out there get a big boost from key evangalists. For more interviews likes this subscribe to the Software Defined Interviews (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/) podcast. This episode is sponsored by Datadog. Sign up for a free trial today at https://www.datadog.com/softwaredefinedtalk.

Should cloud providers be able to host open source software? Exactly, what does the Australia Assistance Act mean for employees? What is Melbourne Cup Day? We answer these questions and more. Enjoy! More on the Australia Assistance and Access Act Australia's encryption laws are 'highly unlikely' to dragoon employees in secret (https://www.zdnet.com/article/australias-encryption-laws-are-highly-unlikely-to-dragoon-employees-in-secret/) What's actually in Australia's encryption laws? Everything you need to know (https://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-actually-in-australias-encryption-laws-everything-you-need-to-know/) Does Australia's access and assistance law impact 1Password? | 1Password (https://blog.1password.com/does-australias-access-and-assistance-law-impact-1password/) Relevant to your interests Chef co-founder Adam Jacob launches new effort to define “sustainable” open-source software (https://www.geekwire.com/2018/chef-co-founder-adam-jacob-launches-new-effort-define-sustainable-open-source-software/) W

This week we recap all the news and announcements from the KubeCon Keynotes and discuss the repercussions of Australia’s new encryption-busting law. Plus, Brandon offers his review of “The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes“ and Phippy. Relevant to your interests Australia's Encryption-Busting Law Could Impact Global Privacy (https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-impact/) Red Hat fiddles with OpenShift Dedicated and lures customers with price cuts (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/07/red_hat_cuts_openshift_cost/) Docker's top deck stands by Swarm in face of Kubernetes storm (https://devclass.com/2018/12/07/docker-top-deck-standby-swarm-amidst-kubernetes-storm/) The 15-Year Odyssey Behind VMware's Ascent To Corporate Greatness (http://bwhichard [10:42 AM] https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2018/12/10/the-windy-road-behind-vmwares-15-year-road-to-corporate-greatness/#1e1e00e166eees-15-year-road-to-corporate-greatness/#1e1e00e166ee) IBM Sells Software for Once (https://b

Istio comes to GKE, Kubernetes needs to be patched, Microsoft & Docker announce a standard and what is going on at Faceback. We talk about all this and give you some tips for your next QBR. Relevant to your interests Kubernetes' first major security hole discovered (https://www.zdnet.com/article/kubernetes-first-major-security-hole-discovered/). The Story of the First Kubernetes Critical CVE (https://rancher.com/blog/2018/2018-12-04-k8s-cve/). Google Integrates Istio Service Mesh into Kubernetes Service (https://thenewstack.io/google-integrates-istio-service-mesh-into-kubernetes-service/). Nearly 250 Pages of Devastating Internal Facebook Documents Posted Online By UK Parliament (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59vwez/nearly-250-pages-of-devastating-internal-facebook-documents-posted-online-by-uk-parliament). Microsoft and Docker team up to make packaging and running cloud-native applications easier (https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/04/microsoft-and-docker-team-up-to-make-packaging-and-running-cloud

It’s AWS re:Invent. We talk about the “everything” of it, private cloud, and some RC cars. Also, what exactly is a “field CTO”? AWS Announcements AWS Launches, Previews, and Pre-Announcements at re:Invent 2018 (https://aws.amazon.com/#Explore_All_Product_Announcements) Analytics AWS Lake Formation: Build a secure data lake in days Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK): Fully managed, highly available, and secure Apache Kafka service Blockchain Amazon Managed Blockchain: Create and manage scalable blockchain networks Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB): Fully managed ledger database Compute Amazon EC2 A1 Instances: Optimized for scale-out workloads Amazon EC2 C5n Instances: Up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth Amazon EC2 P3dn Instances: Optimized for distributed ML training AWS Outposts – a new dimension to AWS Cloud (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/aws-outposts-a-new-dimension-to-aws-cloud/) (Hybrid Cloud with VMware), Run AWS infrastructure on-premises This is VMware? Database Amazon RDS on

See title. Google Cloud Diane Greene steps down as Google's cloud chief (https://www.axios.com/diane-greene-steps-down-as-googles-cloud-chief-1542390453-6335b289-b216-4584-a615-ddb9114a47f5.html) Google looks to former Oracle exec Thomas Kurian to move cloud business along (https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/18/google-looks-to-former-oracle-exec-thomas-kurian-to-move-cloud-business-along) Longer CNBC piece on the switch (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/16/kurian-has-to-overcome-a-bitter-feud-between-google-and-oracle.html). Ray Wang (https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-leadership/who-is-thomas-kurian-new-google-cloud-ceo-3687161/): “Enterprise customers need a different level of care, and Google hasn't been able to deliver to date. So the resources available to Diane may not have always been allocated in the right place, but the resource is there and he has to sit down and see what partners and customer are saying.” More: ‘This might take the form of a growth of the sales or go-to-market teams at Google Cloud, but es

Hybrid cloud and kubernetes with Cisco, and the latest beard analysis from the OpenStack community, and some spontaneous ERP and ethics of Facebook meandering - all this week in our power episode! Relevant to your interests Cisco Introduces First Hybrid Kubernetes Platform Support For Amazon EKS (https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2018/11/08/cisco-introduces-first-hybrid-kubernetes-platform-support-for-amazon-eks/#426d8894cf62) “The Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS enables configuration of the Kubernetes-based Cisco Container Platform optimized for ease of deploying applications on Kubernetes across either Cisco-based on-premises infrastructure or the Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS).” I’m pretty sure this (https://blogs.cisco.com/cloud/simplifying-container-orchestration) means Active Directory now works with k8s: AWS and Cisco. https://alln-extcloud-storage.cisco.com/ciscoblogs/5bea023b0b27b.png The style, diction, and tone of this piece is some classic power-ma

More consolidation in the kubernetes community, plus the X Windowing System and Canonical. Related: “I’m not waiting for an answer, I’m just going to go on.” Sponsored by SolarWinds This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and this week SolarWinds wants you to know about their DevOps tool: AppOptics. Today, there is a divide between application and infrastructure health metrics—and the lack of unified dashboards, alerting, and management. With SolarWinds AppOptics you get a bird’s-eye view across all your resources on a single pane of glass—but can also drill quickly into the details. AppOptics includes built-in integrations for over 150 cloud-first applications, instant visibility into server and infrastructure performance, robust custom metrics dashboards, and automated APM request tracing. It’s SaaS-hosted, easy to manage, and budget friendly. Over 275,000 customers trust SolarWinds for the performance data they need, and AppOptics lets developers and operations get back to doing what they love: delighting