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Published: May 1, 2020, 5:30 a.m.

Google (maybe) acquiring D2IQ, Zoom picks Oracle, Chef\u2019s latest release and more Fortnite discussion. Plus, Matt Ray updates us on his quest to turn an old camera into a Webcam.

\n\nThe Rundown\n\n

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• Google Negotiating to Buy Enterprise Cloud Software Company D2iQ
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• Ubuntu\n\n
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  • Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu popularity and Canonical profitability
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  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa Released | ServeTheHome
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• Chef Updates Tool for Managing IT Infrastructure as Code
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• Zoom\n\n
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  • Zoom CFO explains how the company is grappling with increased demand
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  • Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Microsoft
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  • Why Zoom Chose Oracle Cloud Over AWS and Maybe You Should Too - Last Week in AWS
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  • Digitial Ocean: It's all about the bandwidth
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  • Zoom\u2019s Biggest Rivals Are Coming for It
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  • Google Meet video conferencing is now free for anybody
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• Fortnite\n\n
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  • Travis Scott Fortnite Twitter Thread
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  • Fortnite Stats
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• Rapid7 is acquiring DivvyCloud for $145M to beef up cloud security
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Deploy Cloud Foundry to Google Kubernetes in 10 minutes
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• Red Hat Expands OpenShift to Ease Developer Use
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• Cote.pizza
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• Google is shutting down Shoelace, the social app you\u2019ve probably never heard of
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• Why we can\u2019t build
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• It\u2019s Time To Learn
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• Amazon Scooped Up Data From Its Own Sellers to Launch Competing Products\u2019
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• How the Department of Defense Moved to Kubernetes and Istio - Nicolas Chaillan
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• AT&T CEO retiring as telco plans for three years of cost cuts and layoffs
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• Apple and Google update joint coronavirus tracing tech to improve user privacy and developer flexibility
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• What if you could control Kubernetes with Excel?
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• Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) | Twitter
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• All-day happy hour? Americans drinking while working at home in pandemic, surveys say
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• Microservices Video \u2014 why we can\u2019t add the users birthday to the profile
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• Old french safe
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\n\nConferences, Videos et. al.\n\n

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• Chef Tools & Terraform: Better Together from Matt Ray
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• Michael Cot\xe9 - Intro - Spring Live
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• ChefConf 2020 June 2, 2020 All Digital.
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• MongoDB\u2019s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020
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• DevOpsDays Minneapolis, August 4 - 5, 2020 use code SDT for 10% off registration.
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• THAT Conference August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells\xae.
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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• Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
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• Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
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• Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
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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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• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Cot\xe9\u2019s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: Sony X950G
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• Matt Ray: Privacy Redirect\n\n
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  • Auto Close Zoom Tab
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