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Published: July 11, 2020, 11 a.m.

We discuss: the trademark moves of Google; open source skullduggery; why Slack has the upper-hand on Teams\u2026or not?; and Cot\xe9\u2019s growing love of .docx files.

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Mood board:

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• I read a lot of Wikipedia when I should be working
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• After all this, time people probably think that whatever you\u2019re doing is \u201cworking.\u201d
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• Did you respond with an emoji thumbs-up?
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• I read the email. Thought about it for a few hours. Then thought \u201cI\u2019m just going to archive that email.\u201d
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• He\u2019s big in the Angular community - works all the angels.
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• Little components that talk with each other over the network. Gotta do a whole bunch of shit for that.
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• You don\u2019t sue people who are using it if you want them to use it.
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• Service mesh is Greek for \u201cservice mesh.\u201d
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• Lady Cathemhouse\u2019s Rules.
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• Chekhov\u2019s Trademark.
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• Couple thousand stores.
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• \u2026and maybe integrate with their Active Directory.
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• \u201cFederated Slacks.\u201d
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• I think I like the Word file.
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• No one can poop all over your stuff in a way that you forgot what it looked like when it was clean.
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• De-headwind yourself from the COVID.
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• I\u2019m mad about The Edit by Default.
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• I can\u2019t find my tongs, they\u2019ve gone somewhere.
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• I wouldn\u2019t say that I\u2019d recommend it, I\u2019m just saying I enjoy it.
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\n\nThe Rundown\n\n

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• Commons cause: IBM, Oracle, CNCF protest over Google's handling of Istio governance
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• SUSE corrals Rancher Labs\n\n
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  • SUSE to Acquire Rancher Labs
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  • SUSE acquires Kubernetes management platform Rancher Labs
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  • Linux company SUSE outbids competitors for fast-growing start-up Rancher Labs
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• Slack\n\n
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  • The Slack Social Network
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  • swyx Writing | Slack is Fumbling Developers
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  • Slack acquires SaaS start-up Rimeto
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• State of Developer Relations 2020 Report
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• Redis\n\n
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  • The end of the Redis adventure
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  • New Governance for Redis | Redis Labs
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Tim Bray Blogs\n\n
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  • Anti monopoly
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  • Amazon profit from AWS
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  • A Cloud PR FAQ
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  • Break up Google
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• Why Buybacks & Boeing are Public Enemy Number One (w/ Dr. William Lazonick)
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• iOS 14 Snitches on LinkedIn and Reddit's Snooping Practices
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• Quibbi Gossip
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• Third Base | No Mercy / No Malice
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• Uber Buys Postmates for $2.65 Billion
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• Digital Contact Tracing's Mixed Record Abroad Spells Trouble for US Efforts to Rein in COVID-19
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• FBI Opens a New China-Related Counterintelligence Investigation Every 10 Hours, Director Says
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• Oracle: Low Revenue Growth And Excessive Buybacks Have Pushed Oracle Out Of Competition
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• The collaborative browser based IDE
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• How to add a README to your GitHub profile
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• How to make incredible juicy burgers from extra lean ground beef
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• The Blue Label Burger Blend Recipe
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference on August 17th-20th
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Listen to the Adam Jacob Interview on Open Source
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• Join us in Slack.
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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: The Missing
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• Matt Ray: Watchmen
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• Cot\xe9: Oatly Milk.
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