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Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 5:30 a.m.

This week, we discuss Amazon embracing Microsoft Office 365, offer some SBF hot takes, and review the lessons Docker learned when building an open-source business. Plus, we share thoughts on the new Apple Pencil, USB-C, and some Tim Cook fan fiction.

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• My enemy\u2019s Word Processor is my friend.
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• You know what we should do, we should just meet about it.
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• A downgrade would be an upgrade.
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• Megadeal\u2019s a great word.
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• It worked for Shingy
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• Use my template.
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• Amazon moves to the cloud\n\n
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  • Microsoft is preparing to bring on Amazon as a customer of its 365 cloud tools in a $1 billion megadeal, according to an internal document
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  • Report: Amazon will use Microsoft 365 cloud productivity tools in $1B \u2018megadeal\u2019
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• SBF\n\n
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  • Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s legal peril deepens as his defense comes up short
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  • Number Goes Up
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  • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
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• OSS\n\n
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  • Business Success with Open Source
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  • HashiCorp CEO predicts OSS-free Silicon Valley unless...
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  • Docker at 10 \u2014 3 Things We Got Right, 3 Things We Got Wrong
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• How open source foundations protect the licensing integrity of open source projects
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• VMware: What China Might Ask Of Broadcom Is Concerning Markets (NYSE:VMW)
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn't Paying Off
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• IRS says Microsoft owes an additional $29 billion in back taxes
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• Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports
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• Data transformation startup Prophecy lands $35M investment | TechCrunch
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• Google turns up the heat on AWS, claims Cloud Spanner is half the cost of DynamoDB
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• Apple reaches settlement with Caltech in $1 billion patent lawsuit - 9to5Mac
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• We tried that, didn\u2019t work
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• Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com
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• Apple wants to update iPhones in-store without opening the packaging
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• Atlassian content cloud migration will work. Users, less so
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• Opinion | The Five-Day Office Week Is Dead
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• Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales
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• Marc Andreessen -- e/acc on X
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• Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees \u2014 read the memo here
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• Apple introduces new Apple Pencil, bringing more value and choice to the lineup
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• SiFive Rolls Out RISC-V Cores Aimed at Generative AI and ML
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• Apple introduces new Apple Pencil, bringing more value and choice to the lineup
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• Amazon quietly rolls out support for passkeys, with a catch | TechCrunch
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• The price of managed cloud services
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• Microsoft launches Radius, an open-source application platform for the cloud-native era
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• UK Atlassian users complain of migration dead end
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• Passwordless authentication startup SecureW2 raises $80M from Insight Partners
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• Convicted Fugees rapper Pras Michel's lawyer used AI to draft bungled closing argument
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• IRS to offer a new option to file your tax return
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• Welcoming Loom to the Atlassian team
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Costco sold $9B of clothing in 2022
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• United's new boarding system prioritizes window seats
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Software Engineering at Google
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• Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Platform Engineering
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• Nov 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT\u2019s a sponsor, Matt\u2019s there. Use this VMware discount code for 20% off: KCNA23VMWEO20.
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• Nov 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Cot\xe9\u2019s attending
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• Nov 7\u20138, 2023 RISC-V Summit | Linux Foundation Events
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• Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas
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• If you want your conference mentioned, let\u2019s talk media sponsorships.
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• Join us in Slack.
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• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: Sign up for Installer - The Verge
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• Matt: Dell customer support
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• Cot\xe9: Evil Dead Rises. Also, this picture of Bruce Campbell, from here.
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