Episode 282: The Engine Should Not Be the Differentiator

This week we discuss Elasticsearch changing their license and the merits of Bitcoin. Plus, what is the prefect age for reincarnation.
Rundown
Elasticsearch and SSPL
The SSPL is Not an Open Source License (https://opensource.org/node/1099)
Give 'em SSPL, says Elastic. No thanks, say critics: 'Doubling down on open' not open at all (https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/18/elastics_doubling_down_on_open/)
Truly Doubling Down on Open Source | Logz.io (https://logz.io/blog/open-source-elasticsearch-doubling-down/)
Bitcoin and Blockchain
Is blockchain coming to your bank? (https://thehustle.co/01082021-blockchain-banks/)
85% of Italian Banks Are Exchanging Interbank Transfer Data on Corda - CoinDesk (https://www.coindesk.com/85-of-italian-banks-are-exchanging-interbank-transfer-data-on-corda)
Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html)
Don’t Forget Your Bitcoins (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-12/don-t-forget-your-bitcoins)
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Intel lured new CEO Pat Gelsinger with a package valued at $116 million (https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2021/01/intel-lured-new-ceo-pat-gelsinger-with-a-package-valued-at-116-million.html)
New Intel CEO Making Waves: Rehiring Retired CPU Architects (https://www.anandtech.com/show/16438/new-intel-ceo-making-waves-rehiring-retired-cpu-architects)
Cloud Native Predictions for 2021 and Beyond (https://www.aniszczyk.org/2021/01/19/cloud-native-predictions-for-2021-and-beyond/)
How China Took Western Tech Firms Hostage (https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/19/china-huawei-western-tech-hostages-national-firms/)
The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz (https://www.newcomer.co/p/the-unauthorized-story-of-andreessen?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy)
AWS is creating a 'new open source design system' with React (https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/18/aws_creating_new_open_source/)
Malwarebytes said it was hacked by the same group who breached SolarWinds (https://www.zdnet.com/article/malwarebytes-said-it-was-hacked-by-the-same-group-who-breached-solarwinds/)
The SolarWinds and US government breach is not a marketing opportunity (https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-solarwinds-and-us-government-breach-is-not-a-marketing-opportunity/)
Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html)
Software effort estimation is mostly fake research (http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2021/01/17/software-effort-estimation-is-mostly-fake-research/)
What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting (https://theintercept.com/2021/01/18/leak-zoom-meeting/)
Apple Plans Podcasting Subscription Service in Threat to Spotify (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-plans-podcasting-subscription-service-in-threat-to-spotify)
We all love Atlassian ... the $60B SaaS leader that came out of Australia (https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/1349393447199797250)
GitLab CEO weighing options for going public after employee share sale valued company at $6 billion (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/gitlab-ceo-eyes-public-market-after-secondary-valued-it-at-6-billion-.html)
Apple AirPods did ~$18 billion in revenue in 2020. (https://twitter.com/finvelt/status/1349052078195400705)
Man who called Cloud a Bookstore hasn’t learned any lessons. (https://twitter.com/techmeme/status/1350129672529481728)
BlackBerry (TSX:BB) Stock Soars 14% After Huge Win Over Facebook - The Motley Fool Canada (https://www.fool.ca/2021/01/20/blackberry-tsxbb-stock-soars-14-after-huge-win-over-facebook/)
Wasmer - The Universal WebAssembly Runtime (https://wasmer.io/)
CentOS is gone—but RHEL is now free for up to 16 production servers (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/centos-is-gone-but-rhel-is-now-free-for-up-to-16-production-servers/)
Nonsense
President Biden’s Peloton exercise equipment under scrutiny (https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/113552/iot/joe-biden-peloton-risks.html)
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This week we discuss Elasticsearch changing their license and the merits of Bitcoin. Plus, what is the prefect age for reincarnation.

Rundown

Elasticsearch and SSPL

The SSPL is Not an Open Source License
Give 'em SSPL, says Elastic. No thanks, say critics: 'Doubling down on open' not open at all
Truly Doubling Down on Open Source | Logz.io

Bitcoin and Blockchain

Is blockchain coming to your bank?
85% of Italian Banks Are Exchanging Interbank Transfer Data on Corda - CoinDesk
Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes
Don’t Forget Your Bitcoins

Relevant to your interests

Intel lured new CEO Pat Gelsinger with a package valued at $116 million
New Intel CEO Making Waves: Rehiring Retired CPU Architects
Cloud Native Predictions for 2021 and Beyond
How China Took Western Tech Firms Hostage
The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz
AWS is creating a 'new open source design system' with React
Malwarebytes said it was hacked by the same group who breached SolarWinds
The SolarWinds and US government breach is not a marketing opportunity
Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook
Software effort estimation is mostly fake research
What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting
Apple Plans Podcasting Subscription Service in Threat to Spotify
We all love Atlassian ... the $60B SaaS leader that came out of Australia
GitLab CEO weighing options for going public after employee share sale valued company at $6 billion
Apple AirPods did ~$18 billion in revenue in 2020.
Man who called Cloud a Bookstore hasn’t learned any lessons.
BlackBerry (TSX:BB) Stock Soars 14% After Huge Win Over Facebook - The Motley Fool Canada
Wasmer - The Universal WebAssembly Runtime
CentOS is gone—but RHEL is now free for up to 16 production servers

Nonsense

President Biden’s Peloton exercise equipment under scrutiny

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Listener Feedback

JustWatch - The Streaming Guide recommend from Colin

Conferences

Call for Papers ends on Jan. 31st for DevOpsDay Texas on March 2nd.
SpringOne.io

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.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Matt: MF DOOM X Tasuro Yamashita rabbithole

The Day the Mixtape Died: DJ Drama

Brandon: The Dark Forest
Coté: Baudolino.

Nutella Videos

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