It’s be a shame if something were to happen to that nice API implementation of yours
This week, Matt and Coté talk about possible implications of the Google vs. Oracle fight over API stuff. YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
Mood-board
A clean approach to streaming
Then we can synchronize it with a GitHub
Chyron: Could have big repercussions
Light on details, like us
Your New Zealand bug out sheep farm
You’re not helping. Getting out of your head.
When it comes to law stuff, it’s hard for us to be experts
Back to back victories.
You should buy it, yarr!
There’ll be a lot of shakedowns
The Era of API Troll Companies
Those guys, those guys are getting their own company!
The Rundown
Oracle vs. Google (not the DoD one) - scenarios and implications! If Oracle wins: more charging for using “ideas”/APIs (even data formats?!) in code? If Google wins: less legal control over people using your code (e.g., lessons GPL, etc, powers)?
Google will give up direct control of the Knative open-source project.
Breaking Up Big BlueIBM to break up 109-year old company to focus on cloud growth
IBM plans to spin off infrastructure services as a separate $19B business.
@NaomiEide: “Once split, IBM expects the new company to earn $19 billion in annual revenue, with IBM bringing in $59 billion in annual revenue. The new company is expected to have 90,000 employees; In 2019, IBM had more than 350,000 employees worldwide.”
Relevant to your Interests
See #sdt-topics-back for link for more.
Chef leaves a bad taste: Staff cut in 'horrid, bleak' week after Progress swallows DevOps darling for $220m.
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Recommendations
Matt: 30 Rock, the TV show.
Coté: Paste app, available in SetApp too.
