There's tell that some people just look at containers as a cheaper way to virtualize, eschewing the fancy-lad "cloud-native stuff." We discuss that idea, plus "the enterprise cloud wars," and also our feel that Slack is actually a really good tool and company.
Old folk jokes
Steve GillmorGrandpa walking in and out of Simpson's."The Southern Cross"Follow-up
No call yet from papercallJJ says when you SSH into a container then you are doing lightweight virtualization. I ask is this really a bad thing? Check it out on Coté Show #21.It was Hooch, Turner was the human.Coté: follow-up, my DevOpsDays Charlotte talk recording is up. Also, finally learned how to spell "Charlotte." - See it at cote.io/not-devopsSlack executes the perfect Freemium
Minimum Delight Experience vs. Minimum Viable ProductBuild and charge for the enterprise features required by the Fortune 500Don't apologize that you don't support Markdown or other power user features. Mid-roll
Coté: we're a media sponsor for DevOpsDays Baltimore, March 7th to 8th. The best how to DevOps experience in Maine this year!! Use the code SDT-BALTIMORE to get 10% off. Pivotal's sponsoring, no Coté, tho.Also, we have one free ticket to give away. If you want it, write us a review in iTunes and email us up that you did so, and we'll semi-randomly select a winner.Coté: Come see me talk at the Austin Cloud Meetup, Feb 22ndMatt:DevOps Melbourne March 28th Talking Compliance as CodeChefCon, May 22nd to May 25th, in Austin, Texas. Matt Ray will be there, and we'll likely record a "live-to-tape" episode.Coté: check out Pivotal's DIY platform paper. tl;dr: for $7m/year with a two year on-ramp, you could build you own, or just buy Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Many of our customers have gone down this path and ended up not wanting to support the life of their own platform...which doesn't match the pace of innovation that the Cloud Foundry community can follow. Check out http://softwaredefinedtalk.com/diyplatform.Jassy Talks About the Competition
Pretty amazingly candid interview for the say nothing company"I don't think in our wildest dreams we ever thought we'd have a six- to seven-year head start"When people say lock-in, it's dog-whistling for "Oracle."BONUS LINKS! Not covered in show.
AI & the Middle Class
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