Episode 465: The Big Blue Burger Buffet

This week, we discuss IBM's intent to acquire HashiCorp, the state of Open Source Businesses, and the (slow) adoption of Continuous Integration. Plus, some thoughts on the end of non-compete agreements.

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Runner-up Titles

Extra Innings

Later Innings

Customer is always right, except for pricing

Leave the party crying

Put a price on it

Rundown

Hashi

Introducing The Infrastructure Cloud

HashiCorp unveils The Infrastructure Cloud, a unified platform for cloud Infrastructure and Security Lifecycle Management

IBM to Acquire HashiCorp, Inc. Creating a Comprehensive End-to-End Hybrid Cloud Platform

IBM to acquire Hashi for $6.4 billion, seeks software boost

IBM falls as enterprise-spending constraints choke consulting demand

IBM Is Buying HashiCorp. What Comes Next?

The threat to open source comes from within

You should automate your builds and tests - 71% of people do not “use continuous integration to automatically build and test my code changes.”

FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes

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Tesla’s Q&A; with investors rips open Musk anguish: ‘Will you please at least appear to make Tesla your top priority?’

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Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry

Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Now Comes the Hard Part.

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The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down

We're moving continuous integration back to developer machines

Enterprise Browser Island Receives Capital at $3 Billion Value

Kubernetes Market Sizing Windmills

FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes

Amazon cloud unit kills Snowmobile data transfer truck eight years after driving 18-wheeler onstage

The Port State of Platform Engineering in two surveys

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Nonsense

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Red Lobster Is Reportedly Heading For Bankruptcy After Losing Millions On Endless Shrimp

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