Episode 437: The Let it Ride Lifestyle

This week, we discuss Amazon embracing Microsoft Office 365, offer some SBF hot takes, and review the lessons Docker learned when building an open-source business. Plus, we share thoughts on the new Apple Pencil, USB-C, and some Tim Cook fan fiction. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 437 Runner-up Titles My enemy’s Word Processor is my friend. You know what we should do, we should just meet about it. A downgrade would be an upgrade. Megadeal’s a great word. It worked for Shingy Use my template. Rundown Amazon moves to the cloud Microsoft is preparing to bring on Amazon as a customer of its 365 cloud tools in a $1 billion megadeal, according to an internal document Report: Amazon will use Microsoft 365 cloud productivity tools in $1B ‘megadeal’ SBF Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal peril deepens as his defense comes up short Number Goes Up Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon OSS Business Success with Open Source HashiCorp CEO predicts OSS-free Silicon Valley unless... Docker at 10 — 3 Things We Got Right, 3 Things We Got Wrong How open source foundations protect the licensing integrity of open source projects VMware: What China Might Ask Of Broadcom Is Concerning Markets (NYSE:VMW) Relevant to your Interests So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn't Paying Off IRS says Microsoft owes an additional $29 billion in back taxes Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports Data transformation startup Prophecy lands $35M investment | TechCrunch Google turns up the heat on AWS, claims Cloud Spanner is half the cost of DynamoDB Apple reaches settlement with Caltech in $1 billion patent lawsuit - 9to5Mac We tried that, didn’t work Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com Apple wants to update iPhones in-store without opening the packaging Atlassian content cloud migration will work. Users, less so Opinion | The Five-Day Office Week Is Dead Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales Marc Andreessen -- e/acc on X Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees — read the memo here Apple introduces new Apple Pencil, bringing more value and choice to the lineup SiFive Rolls Out RISC-V Cores Aimed at Generative AI and ML Apple introduces new Apple Pencil, bringing more value and choice to the lineup Amazon quietly rolls out support for passkeys, with a catch | TechCrunch The price of managed cloud services Microsoft launches Radius, an open-source application platform for the cloud-native era UK Atlassian users complain of migration dead end Passwordless authentication startup SecureW2 raises $80M from Insight Partners Convicted Fugees rapper Pras Michel's lawyer used AI to draft bungled closing argument IRS to offer a new option to file your tax return Welcoming Loom to the Atlassian team Nonsense Costco sold $9B of clothing in 2022 United's new boarding system prioritizes window seats Listener Feedback Software Engineering at Google Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Platform Engineering Conferences Nov 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there. Use this VMware discount code for 20% off: KCNA23VMWEO20. Nov 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Coté’s attending Nov 7–8, 2023 RISC-V Summit | Linux Foundation Events Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. 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: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads 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: Sign up for Installer - The Verge Matt: Dell customer support Coté: Evil Dead Rises. Also, this picture of Bruce Campbell, from here. Photo Credits Header