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Episode 246: Istio-washing, 20 domain names, .docx

We discuss: the trademark moves of Google; open source skullduggery; why Slack has the upper-hand on Teams…or not?; and Coté’s growing love of .docx files.

Mood board:

I read a lot of Wikipedia when I should be working
After all this, time people probably think that whatever you’re doing is “working.”
Did you respond with an emoji thumbs-up?
I read the email. Thought about it for a few hours. Then thought “I’m just going to archive that email.”
He’s big in the Angular community - works all the angels.
Little components that talk with each other over the network. Gotta do a whole bunch of shit for that.
You don’t sue people who are using it if you want them to use it.
Service mesh is Greek for “service mesh.”
Lady Cathemhouse’s Rules.
Chekhov’s Trademark.
Couple thousand stores.
…and maybe integrate with their Active Directory.
“Federated Slacks.”
I think I like the Word file.
No one can poop all over your stuff in a way that you forgot what it looked like when it was clean.
De-headwind yourself from the COVID.
I’m mad about The Edit by Default.
I can’t find my tongs, they’ve gone somewhere.
I wouldn’t say that I’d recommend it, I’m just saying I enjoy it.

The Rundown

Commons cause: IBM, Oracle, CNCF protest over Google's handling of Istio governance
SUSE corrals Rancher Labs

SUSE to Acquire Rancher Labs
SUSE acquires Kubernetes management platform Rancher Labs
Linux company SUSE outbids competitors for fast-growing start-up Rancher Labs

Slack

The Slack Social Network
swyx Writing | Slack is Fumbling Developers
Slack acquires SaaS start-up Rimeto

State of Developer Relations 2020 Report
Redis

The end of the Redis adventure
New Governance for Redis | Redis Labs

Relevant to your interests

Tim Bray Blogs

Anti monopoly
Amazon profit from AWS
A Cloud PR FAQ
Break up Google

Why Buybacks & Boeing are Public Enemy Number One (w/ Dr. William Lazonick)
iOS 14 Snitches on LinkedIn and Reddit's Snooping Practices
Quibbi Gossip
Third Base | No Mercy / No Malice
Uber Buys Postmates for $2.65 Billion
Digital Contact Tracing's Mixed Record Abroad Spells Trouble for US Efforts to Rein in COVID-19
FBI Opens a New China-Related Counterintelligence Investigation Every 10 Hours, Director Says
Oracle: Low Revenue Growth And Excessive Buybacks Have Pushed Oracle Out Of Competition
The collaborative browser based IDE
How to add a README to your GitHub profile

Nonsense

How to make incredible juicy burgers from extra lean ground beef
The Blue Label Burger Blend Recipe

Sponsor

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Conferences

Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference on August 17th-20th

SDT news & hype

Listen to the Adam Jacob Interview on Open Source
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

Recommendations

Brandon: The Missing
Matt Ray: Watchmen
Coté: Oatly Milk.
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Istio-washing, 20 domain names, .docx

Episode 246

July 11th, 2020

1 hr 2 mins

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About this Episode

We discuss: the trademark moves of Google; open source skullduggery; why Slack has the upper-hand on Teams…or not?; and Coté’s growing love of .docx files.

Mood board: