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Published: July 7, 2023, 5:30 a.m.

This week we discuss RHEL licensing changes, check the vibe of DevOps and some thoughts on programing language. Plus, has ChatGPT already become boring?

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• I don\u2019t like listening to fellow thought leaders. I listen to myself enough.
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• Dammit, alarm was set for PM
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• A massive failure of one
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• The end of free
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• It\u2019s not all smiles and thumbs
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• Goose-cow
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• \u201cI used to, but I don\u2019t anymore.\u201d
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• The Podcast Review podcast.
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• RHEL\n\n
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  • Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream
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  • Red Hat strikes a crushing blow against RHEL downstreams
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  • IBM/Red Hat Sparks Anger at GPL \u2018breach\u2019 as RHEL Source Locked Up
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  • Rocky Strikes Back At Red Hat
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  • The Suicide Attempt by Red Hat [Opinion]
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  • Rant about Red Hat's Licensing Change for REHL
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• Reddit\n\n
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  • Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout \u201cwill pass\u201d
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  • Apollo\u2019s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit \u2014 and why users revolted
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  • Reddit doubles down
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  • Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddit
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• DevOps\n\n
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  • Second Wave DevOps
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  • Kelsey Hightower Predicts How the Kubernetes Community Will Evolve
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  • Kelsey Hightower Retires
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  • Even the best rides come to an end featuring Kelsey Hightower (Podcast)
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• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• AWS teases mysterious mil-spec \u2018Snowblade\u2019 server
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• To fill offices, Google issues ultimatum while Salesforce tries charity
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• Amazon is pursuing 'too many ideas' and needs to focus on best opportunities
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• There are better places for Amazon to put their capital to work, says Bernstein's Mark Shmulik
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• The best password managers for 2023 | Engadget
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• After a Rocky Year, Zuckerberg Lays Out Meta\u2019s Road Map to Employees
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• Hybrid combines the worst of office and remote work
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• Twilio to sell ValueFirst business to Tanla (NYSE:TWLO)
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• Jeff Bezos Has Gained $10 on Mystery Purchase of One Amazon Share
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• Jeff Bezos Has Gained $10 on Mystery Purchase of One Amazon Share
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• CNET's Free Shopping Extension Saves You Time and Money. Give It a Try Today
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• Modular: Our launch & what's next
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• Exclusive-Broadcom set to win EU nod for $61 billion VMware deal, sources say
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• Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service | Engadget
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• Cloud cost management startup CloudZero lands $32M investment
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• Twitter stiffs Google
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• Open Sourcing AWS Cedar Is a Game Changer for IAM
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• Oracle beats on top and bottom lines as cloud revenue jumps
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• America to halt $68.7bn Microsoft takeover of Activision Blizzard
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• Meta's Open-Source 'MusicGen' AI Is Like ChatGPT for Tunes
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• Google's return-to-office crackdown gets backlash from some employees:
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• Forrester Wave Integrated Software Delivery Platforms, Q2 2023
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• The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier
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• 1 big thing: Where AI's productivity revolution will strike first
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• For the first time in almost 30 years, a company other than IBM received the most US patents
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• AMD stock pops on potential Amazon superchip deal, CEO bullishness
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• Amazon cloud services back up after big outage hits thousands of users
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• Proven Practices for Developing a Multicloud Strategy | Amazon Web Services
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• 40 photos from inside Metropolitan Park\u2014the first phase of Amazon's HQ2
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• The Forrester Wave\u2122: Integrated Software Delivery Platforms, Q2 2023
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• AWS US-EAST-1 wobbled after Lambda management issues spread
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• The store is for people, but the storefront is for robots
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• A Look Back at Q1 '23 Public Cloud Software Earnings
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• Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle
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• Apple Watch alerts 29-year-old Cincinnati woman to blood clot in lungs while sleeping
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• Return to Office Enters the Desperation Phase
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• Critical 'nOAuth' Flaw in Microsoft Azure AD Enabled Complete Account Takeover
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• What happened to Oracle? Why do they keep acquiring companies?
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• How an ex-Googler is reimagining the oldest computing interface of all
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• WFH 4 ever
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• Databricks picks up MosaicML, an OpenAI competitor, for $1.3B
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• Introducing LLaMA: A foundational, 65-billion-parameter language model
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• AI's next conflict is between open and closed
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• Amazon is investing another $7.8B in Ohio-based cloud computing operations,
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• A new law protecting pregnant workers is about to take effect
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• Amazon launches AWS AppFabric to help customers connect their SaaS apps
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• State of Kubernetes Cost Optimization Report
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• FTC Request, Answered: How Cloud Providers Do Business
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• OrbStack \xb7 Fast, light, simple Docker & Linux on macOS
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• Surprise! You Work for Amazon.
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• btop - the htop alternative
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• We Raised A Bunch Of Money
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• Twitter has stopped paying its Google Cloud bills
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• Report: 2022 Microsoft Azure Revenue Less Than Estimated, Half That Of AWS | CRN
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• Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace
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• Is Waze next?
  
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• The real story of how Facebook almost acquired Waze, but we ended up with Google
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• Google killed its Iris augmented-reality smart glasses
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• Who killed Google Reader?
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• Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match
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• IBM to Acquire Apptio Inc.,
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• IBM Re-ups On FinOps With Its Apptio Acquisition
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Texas Bans Kids From Social Media Without Mom and Dad's Ok
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• Summer intern's commute goes viral: She flies from South Carolina to New Jersey
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• Twitter evicted from office amid lawsuits over unpaid rent and cleaning bills
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• Fishing crew denied $3.5M in prize money after 600-pound marlin DQ\u2019d in tournament
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• 'World's Largest' Buc-ee's store opens now on Bus-ee\u2019s Map
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• Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley.
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• 'Fueled by inflation': USPS stamp prices are increasing soon. Here's what to know.
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• At least a year younger on paper: South Korea makes changes to age-counting law
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• Sony just spilled confidential PlayStation information because of a Sharpie
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• Australia legalises psychedelics for mental health
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Let's Get To The News | Craig Box | Substack
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• When You Don't Have a Seat At the (Managed Database) Table by Doug Sillars
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• August 8th Kubernetes Community Day Australia in Sydney, Matt attending.
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• August 21st to 24th SpringOne & VMware Explore US, in Las Vegas.
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• Explore EU CFP is open.
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• Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines, Cot\xe9 speaking.
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• Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT in Zadar, Cot\xe9 speaking.
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• October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
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• Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
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• If you want your conference mentioned, let\u2019s talk media sponsorships.
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• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon:\n\n
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  • Cloudcast: MidYear 2023 Update
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    • The Book I Wish Every Policymaker Would Read
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  • Tony Hsieh and the Emptiness of the Tech-Mogul Myth (via Cot\xe9\u2019s newsletter)
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• Cot\xe9: Hand Mirror app, also in Setapp if you have that.\n\n
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  • If Books could Kill
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