This smells like shenanigans
Episode 353 · April 15th, 2022 · 51 mins 58 secs
About this Episode
This week we discuss the legacy of Puppet, Private Equity acquisitions and a few thoughts on Cloud Migrations. Plus, the five types of All Hands meetings…
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Rundown
- Perforce to acquire infrastructure as code pioneer Puppet
- The PE Yo-Yo
- How big could the cloud get? Part 1
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