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

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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 [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
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• 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.