Show Notes

Buffer Overflow: The Opposite of Sadie Hawkins

Episode 109

Future of Windows and Linux, Robocall Smackdown at the FCC, and Intel Security Vulnerabilities

Hosts

Ned Bellavance, Director of Cloud Solutions

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-bellavance-ba68a52

@Ned1313

Chris Hayner, Delivery Manager

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismhayner

Brenda Heisler, Resource Coordinator

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-heisler-b5431989/

Longer Topics

Big little changes are afoot in the world of Enterprise Linux

* RedHat released the 8.0 version of their Enterprise Linux product with hostage-takers IBM standing idly by

* Mega conferences are crappy for everyone

* On display were RHEL 8’s cool new features like, support for 4 Petabytes of physical memory, updates to the XFS file system, KVM virtualization enhancements, and, you guessed it.. More about containers. 

* Microsoft, remember, has been battling IBM ever since the PC was invented.

* Fast forward to 2017, and free and paid versions of Linux dominate the Server OS Markets by more than double. 

* So what does Microsoft do to respond? Make the Linux subsystem a part of Windows, of course.

Lightning Round

* Amazon is building a complete logistics business from scratch one… airport.. at a time

* Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches

* Technology-literate Judge rejects patent trolls demands for secrecy in glorious fashion

* VMware scoops up Bitnami for what I’m sure are really good reasons?

* Congress forces the FCC’s hand on Robocalls

* PSA: Apply your software patches NOW

Music Credits

Intro: Jason Shaw – Tech Talk

Outro: Jason Shaw – Feels Good 2 B