Episode 275: Your competition should not be your community

This week we discuss CentOS going upstream, Kubernetes removes Docker support and who’s buying the AirPods Max. Plus, Coté critiques Apple’s Notes App.
The Rundown
CentOS
CentOS is dead, long live CentOS Stream (https://lwn.net/Articles/839257/)
Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry (https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-resets-centos-linux-and-users-are-angry/)
Meet Rocky Linux: New RHEL Fork by the Original CentOS Creator (https://news.itsfoss.com/rocky-linux-announcement/)
Docker
Don't Panic: Kubernetes and Docker (https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/12/02/dont-panic-kubernetes-and-docker/)
Kubernetes dropping Docker is not that big of a deal (https://www.zdnet.com/article/kubernetes-dropping-docker-is-not-that-big-of-a-deal/)
Mirantis to take over support of Kubernetes dockershim (https://www.mirantis.com/blog/mirantis-to-take-over-support-of-kubernetes-dockershim-2/)
Apple introduces AirPods Max, the magic of AirPods in a stunning over-ear design (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/12/apple-introduces-airpods-max-the-magic-of-airpods-in-a-stunning-over-ear-design/)
Relevant to your Interests
Inside the Baffling World of Masayoshi Son's Presentations (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-06-23/golden-geese-and-unicorns-inside-the-eccentric-presentations-of-masayoshi-son?sref=U0wOqcqE)
SoftBank Is Discussing a ‘Slow-Burn’ Buyout to Go Private (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-09/softbank-is-said-to-discuss-going-private-in-slow-burn-buyout?sref=3Ac2yX40)
Stocks, M&A and VCs
Why Snowflake's stock price just jumped 16% (https://fortune.com/2020/12/04/snowflake-earnings-stock-price-ipo/)
DoorDash skyrockets 80% in market debut, opening at $182 per share (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/doordash-ipo-dash-trading-nyse.html)
SoftBank Vision Fund turns $680 million DoorDash investment into $11.5 billion based on Wednesday's opening price (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/softbank-vision-fund-turns-680-million-doordash-investment-into-11point5-billion.html)
Firebolt raises $37M to take on Snowflake, Amazon and Google with a new approach to data warehousing (https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/09/firebolt-raises-37m-to-take-on-snowflake-amazon-and-google-with-a-new-approach-to-data-warehousing/)
Cisco to buy software firm IMImobile in $730 million deal (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-imimobile-m-a-cisco/cisco-to-buy-software-firm-imimobile-in-730-million-deal-idUSKBN28H0L8)
Calm raises $75M more at $2B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/calm-raises-75m-more-at-2b-valuation/)
Chips
Why Is Apple’s M1 Chip So Fast? (https://debugger.medium.com/why-is-apples-m1-chip-so-fast-3262b158cba2)
New RISC-V CPU claims record breaking performance per watt (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/new-risc-v-cpu-claims-recordbreaking-performance-per-watt/)
Apple's 2021 Mac CPU roadmap reportedly includes 32-core chips (https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-mac-cpu-roadmap-leak-142247372.html)
Tony Hsieh’s American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary (https://www.forbes.com/sites/angelauyeung/2020/12/04/tony-hsiehs-american-tragedy-the-self-destructive-last-months-of-the-zappos-visionary/)
IBM bet the company on hybrid cloud. Analysts just rated it a mere 'contender' for hybrid management (https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/08/forrester_wave_hybrid_cloud_management/)
Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol (https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/cloudflare-and-apple-design-a-new-privacy-friendly-internet-protocol/)
Austin's popularity knows no limits | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/austins-popularity-knows-no-limits-5336354)
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2020 Recap (https://www.infracloud.io/blogs/kubecon-cloudnativecon-na-2020-recap/)
U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/facebook-antitrust-monopoly.html)
The Google Disease Afflicting AWS - Last Week in AWS (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-google-disease-afflicting-aws/)
The Return to the Office Gets Put on Hold (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-09/coronavirus-resurgence-has-office-workers-back-at-home-again)
Puppet’s journey into Continuous Compliance (https://puppet.com/blog/puppets-journey-into-continuous-compliance/)
Nomad 1.0 is released! (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-hashicorp-nomad-1-0)
GitHub introduces dark mode and auto-merge pull request (https://thenextweb.com/dd/2020/12/08/github-introduces-dark-mode-and-auto-merge-pull-request/)
Daily Insights (https://www.l2inc.com/daily-insights/the-spirit-of-snacking)
VMware COO Jumps Ship To Become New Nutanix CEO (https://www.crn.com/news/data-center/vmware-coo-jumps-ship-to-become-new-nutanix-ceo)
The State of the Octoverse (https://octoverse.github.com/)
Nonsense
Warner’s 2021 releases also going to HBO Max (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-5ca3909e-ed8a-4bc7-8519-f58cff64e40b.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3)
Hyundai spends almost $1B to buy Boston Dynamics, makers of Spot dog robot (https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-purchases-boston-dynamics-for-921m-makers-of-spot-dog-robot/)
Elon Musk confirms he has moved to Texas (https://www.kvue.com/article/money/business/elon-musk-foundation-texas-move-austin/269-fc551b6f-8df4-46ae-9aba-f0c84a848e48)
Handwonden door ontpitten avocado's groeiend probleem (https://nos.nl/artikel/2359768-handwonden-door-ontpitten-avocado-s-groeiend-probleem.html)
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This week we discuss CentOS going upstream, Kubernetes removes Docker support and who’s buying the AirPods Max. Plus, Coté critiques Apple’s Notes App.

The Rundown

CentOS

CentOS is dead, long live CentOS Stream
Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry
Meet Rocky Linux: New RHEL Fork by the Original CentOS Creator

Docker

Don't Panic: Kubernetes and Docker
Kubernetes dropping Docker is not that big of a deal
Mirantis to take over support of Kubernetes dockershim

Apple introduces AirPods Max, the magic of AirPods in a stunning over-ear design

Relevant to your Interests

Inside the Baffling World of Masayoshi Son's Presentations
SoftBank Is Discussing a ‘Slow-Burn’ Buyout to Go Private
Stocks, M&A and VCs

Why Snowflake's stock price just jumped 16%
DoorDash skyrockets 80% in market debut, opening at $182 per share
SoftBank Vision Fund turns $680 million DoorDash investment into $11.5 billion based on Wednesday's opening price
Firebolt raises $37M to take on Snowflake, Amazon and Google with a new approach to data warehousing
Cisco to buy software firm IMImobile in $730 million deal
Calm raises $75M more at $2B valuation

Chips

Why Is Apple’s M1 Chip So Fast?
New RISC-V CPU claims record breaking performance per watt
Apple's 2021 Mac CPU roadmap reportedly includes 32-core chips

Tony Hsieh’s American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary
IBM bet the company on hybrid cloud. Analysts just rated it a mere 'contender' for hybrid management
Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol
Austin's popularity knows no limits | LinkedIn
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2020 Recap
U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition
The Google Disease Afflicting AWS - Last Week in AWS
The Return to the Office Gets Put on Hold
Puppet’s journey into Continuous Compliance
Nomad 1.0 is released!
GitHub introduces dark mode and auto-merge pull request
Daily Insights
VMware COO Jumps Ship To Become New Nutanix CEO
The State of the Octoverse

Nonsense

Warner’s 2021 releases also going to HBO Max
Hyundai spends almost $1B to buy Boston Dynamics, makers of Spot dog robot
Elon Musk confirms he has moved to Texas
Handwonden door ontpitten avocado's groeiend probleem

Sponsors

Teleport provides consolidated access to all computing resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters or internal applications across all environments. Watch a demo, download the free version, or sign up for cloud at goteleport.com
Twilio is the platform developers trust to build communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Visit twilio.com to learn more.
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Matt: Factorio.
Brandon: The Good Shepard.
Coté: 1Blocker.

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