Published: March 9, 2018, 2 p.m.

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Did developers have a major impact on the rise of kubernetes? Opinions differ, as we discuss. We also talk about what, if anything, cloud companies owe open source and strategies for picking which conferences to send talks to. Also, the longest Datadog ad read ever.

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CFP Spray

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• Cot\\xe9\\u2019s new talks, Were\\u2019s Waldo \\u2018em!
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• DevOpsDays CFPs.
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• Events in papercall.io.
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• Bridget is organized AF.
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Relevent to your interests

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• Cot\\xe9\\u2019s Register piece on process and such changes that DevOps &co. brings.
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• The Kubernetes Lesson - O\\u2019Grady gives credit to developers for driving kubernetes interest. Nerd fight ensues.
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• Mesosphere DC/OS adds hybrid and multicloud management features.
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• Why it might be time for Big Cloud to share the wealth with open-source startups - people always be freaking out about companies making money off open source. I\\u2019d wager they pay the wages of most people who write and commit the code, and would happily do so if those folks wanted a job.
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• Related: Open Source & Dollar Bills: Building a Successful Company on \\u201cFree\\u201d Software.
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• From Facebook to the Unabomber. So called \\u201ctech companies\\u201d have their problems, to be sure, but this kind of absurd shit has got to end.
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• Related: people are quickly thinking tech is bad.
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• Announcing the Flatcar Linux project - \\u201can immutable Linux distribution for containers.\\u201d
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• JEE renamed to JEE, at Eclipse.
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• The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2018.
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• OpenStack Queens release, 17th release!
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• SUSE, a Micro Focus company
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• Tera Holdings \\u2014 Warren Buffet of Software
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Conferences, et. al.

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• March 9th to 13th, SXSW - Brandon in Austin giving out stickers. Cot\\xe9 needs excuses to expense meals and drinks.
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• March 22-23, DevOps Talks Conference - Melbourne Matt speaking
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• April 26-27, DevOpsDays Jakarta - Matt is keynoting, and Cot\\xe9 will be speaking too.
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• May 15th to 18th, 2018 - Cot\\xe9 talking EA at Continuous Lifecycle London.
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• May 22-25, ChefConf 2018, in Chicago.
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SDT news & hype

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• Check out Software Defined Interviews, our new podcast. Pretty self-descriptive, plus the #exegesis podcast we\\u2019ve been doing, all in one, for free.
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• Keep up with the weekly newsletter.
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• Join us in Slack.
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• Buy some t-shirts! DISCOUNT CODE: SDTFSG (20% off)
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• Send your name and address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you a sticker.
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Recommendations

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• Matt: Mastering Emacs\\n\\n
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  • Anti pick - someone trying to sublet my house for SXSW
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  • JJ on Dovrk.
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• Brandon: T-Mobile.
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• Cot\\xe9: weeding; Amazon Treasure Truck - steaks!
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