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Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 5 p.m.

We discuss the recent Linux controversy resulting in Linus Torvalds taking some time off, review the latest release from Chef and try to figure out how and when you should hire consultants to help with your cloud projects.

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\n\nConferences, et. al.\n\n

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• Oct 1st to 2nd - New Relic (aka \u201cNot Datadog\u201d) FutureStack London, Cot\xe9 on a partner panel on Oct 1st, also, come see The Governor in action at FutureStack on the 2nd.
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• Oct 2nd, London! Cot\xe9 talking metrics at the NO NAME Pivotal Meetup.
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• Oct 4th - ITQ Transform, Utrecht - Cot\xe9 talking.
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• Oct 16th - DevOpsDays Paris - Cot\xe9 at a table. Pivotal will have a raffle!
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• Oct 17th - JDriven Managers summit - near Amsterdam - Cot\xe9 talking.
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• Oct 10th to 11th - Cloud Expo Asia - Matt\u2019s presenting!
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• Oct 11th to 12th - DevOps Days Singapore - Matt\u2019s keynoting & igniting!\n\n
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  • Discount Code
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• Oct 31st - Cot\xe9 speaking at New Relic\u2019s FutureStack Amsterdam.
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• Nov 3rd to Nov 12th - SpringOne Tour - all over the earth! Cot\xe9 will be MC\u2019ing Beijing Nov 3rd, Seoul Nov 8th, Tokyo Nov 6th, and Singapore Nov 12th.
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• Nov 14th to 16th - Devoxx Belgium, Antwerp. Cot\xe9\u2019s presenting on enterprise architecture.
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• Dec 12th and 13th - SpringTour Toronto, Cot\xe9.
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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• Subscribe to Software Defined Interviews Podcast - Cote on Tech Evangelism
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• CashedOut.coffee podcast.
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• Buy some t-shirts! All T-Shirts $5.50 T-SHIRTS GONE IN SEPTEMBER
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• Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you a sticker.
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• Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: \n\n
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  • That Moment, Episode 9 with the Cote ad read at 13:11
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  • Cloud Rankings from Liftrnews
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