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About this Episode

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.

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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
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