It feels like we’ve gone the last 15+ years of tech without really having to directly involve politics in the discussion. But that seems to be coming to an end, in a big way. Let discuss if we can discuss tech without discussing politics. 

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SHOW NOTES:

• United States vs. IBM
• United States vs. Microsoft
• Oracle vs. Google (Java)
• EU vs. Apple (AppStore)
• EU vs. Google
• “Shut up and dribble” (2018)

THE OLD SWIM LANES ARE NO LONGER INDEPENDENT AND ISOLATED

• Vendors are cloud providers, so they have to be involved in data location, and operating services (or allowing services to operate) - Oracle, Microsoft, 
• Consumer companies are also enterprise companies - Google, Amazon
• Companies are involved in 1st Amendment situations - Google, Amazon/WashPost
• All tech companies are bidding for Gov’t contracts
• Intel is the target of the US Chips Act - govt subsidy
• AI overlaps copyright, data sovereignty, govt regulations/restrictions
• Nation-state funded security attacks

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