Episode 163: 5 things Obama doesn’t want you to know about scorecards

Coté has a late night, mental breakdown about scorecards. Can Brandon save him? Also, kafka, Travis CI, and snow.

Relevant to your interests

• Atlassian surpassed $1B in calendar-year revenue in 2018


• Google remains the top open-source contributor to CNCF projects


• Oracle exec: Open-source vendors locking down licences proves 'they were never really open’


• Morgan Stanley Downgrades Oracle Stock on Dim Growth Prospects


• Vodafone signs $550m deal with IBM to offload cloud biz


• Insiders say that Google's new cloud boss is likely to make some very large acquisitions


• 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism


• Just forget what Gartner said about AI in June 'cos CIOs are all over it now apparently


• Open-Source Unicorn: Confluent Reaches $2.5 Billion Valuation Three Years After Hiring Its First Sales Rep


• Travis CI joins the Idera family


• IBM Boasts Another Big Win, Touts Hybrid Cloud Prowess


• Microsoft wins cloud business from Albertsons as fear of Amazon grows among retailers

Non Sense

• Oreo Competitor Makes Federal Case Out of ‘Cutthroat’ Cookie Rivalry


• ROAD TRIP! Buc-ee's opens 1st location outside of Texas

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Billion Dollar Whale, Malaysia Wants Goldman’s Money Back.


• Coté: UNIQLO HEATTECH, as soft as a fancy conference t-shirt. Herbarium, dubbed in English - “that’s Jim’s spatula!”

Outro: "'93 'til Infinity."

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