Episode 359: Sell the Slide

This week we discuss the "sum of the parts" of Rackspace, Rocky Linux recreates CentOS and thoughts on the economy. Plus, a debate: rental car vs. Uber. Rundown Rackspace Technology Reports First Quarter 2022 Results; Company Evaluating Strategic Alternatives Cloudflare gets serious about infrastructure services Rocky Linux developer CIQ raises $26M to recreate CentOS for enterprises Snowflake Stock: Finally, This Software Titan Is Worth A Nibble (NYSE:SNOW) Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time Relevant to your Interests Observability Engineering - O'Reilly Book 2022 Download Observe raises $70M to grow its data-fueled observability platform Apple discontinues its last iPod Ploopy. Open-source hardware. [DigitalBridge to Buy Switch for $11 Billion as Data Center M&A Binge Continues](http://) Aiven Raises $210M to Invest in Sustainable Open Source Cloud Workforce management startup Rippling raises $250M at $11.25B valuation Google finally announces the Pixel Watch IBM's massive 'Kookaburra' quantum processor might land in 2025 Google Cloud launches AlloyDB, a new fully managed PostgreSQL database service Komodor provides a Kubernetes troubleshooting platform Nvidia Does the Unexpected: Open Sources GPU Drivers for Linux Hands-Free Voice Control | Sonos Appeals court unleashes Texas's anti-content-moderation law Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquires Redbox Hasura raises $100M to create GraphQL APIs for databases Jeffrey Snover claims Microsoft demoted him for PowerShell Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's $214 million pay package is 'excessive' and should be vetoed by shareholders, say advisory firms Netflix tells employees they can quit if they don't want to work on content they disagree with, according to new company culture guidelines Not all open-source leaders are jerks Intel Poaches Open Source Execs from Netflix, Apple to Boost Linux Efforts Jeff Bezos turns up heat on Joe Biden over US inflation Satya Nadella details Microsoft plan for ‘significant additional investment’ in employee compensation Musk: Twitter deal at lower price "not out of the question" Google Lets Personal Users Stay On 'No-Cost Legacy G Suite' With Custom Gmail Domain Apple slows return to office, will let employees stay remote and require masks in common spaces For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over The State of Kubernetes Security in 2022 Facebook’s hiring crisis: Engineers are turning down offers Twitter bleeds more top talent in the midst of Musk acquisition Sisters doing it for themselves: this nun built her own power plant Google Cloud launches new software supply chain and zero trust security services Orbit + Hoopy: Writing the Future of DevRel - Orbit A beef over NFTs is shaking the sneaker industry - The Hustle Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report Apple has shown its mixed reality headset to its board of directors: report (NASDAQ:AAPL) Why Did Heroku Fail? Docker Launches Docker Extensions and Docker Desktop for Linux Nonsense Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast Dad's take on Peloton from 2019 A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035. Elon discovers Lawyers More Cables Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months Southwest introduces transferable credits Listener Feedback Relyance AI is looking for a VP of Product Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 cdCon, June 7 – 8, 2022 Austin, Texas + Virtual Get a 40% disocunt with this code: CdCon22SDPod MongoDB World 2022, June 7-9th, 2022 Splunk’s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022 FinOps X, June 20-21, 2022, Matt’s there! DevOps Loop, June 22nd. Free! Coté helps put the agenda together. Open Source Summit North America, June 21-24, 2022, Matt’s there! THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022 VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: tvOS 15.4 lets you finally log in to captive Wi-Fi portals on Apple TV Matt: The Poppy War Coté: Skilcraft U.S. Government Retractable Ball Point Pen, Fine Point, Blue Ink, Box of 12. Photo Credits Banner CoverArt