Episode 422: Corporation vs. Community

This week we discuss RHEL licensing changes, check the vibe of DevOps and some thoughts on programing language. Plus, has ChatGPT already become boring?

Runner-up Titles

• I don’t like listening to fellow thought leaders. I listen to myself enough.
• Dammit, alarm was set for PM
• A massive failure of one
• The end of free
• It’s not all smiles and thumbs
• Goose-cow
• “I used to, but I don’t anymore.”
• The Podcast Review podcast.

Rundown

• RHEL
  • Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream
  • Red Hat strikes a crushing blow against RHEL downstreams
  • IBM/Red Hat Sparks Anger at GPL ‘breach’ as RHEL Source Locked Up
  • Rocky Strikes Back At Red Hat
  • The Suicide Attempt by Red Hat [Opinion]
  • Rant about Red Hat's Licensing Change for REHL
• Reddit
  • Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass”
  • Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted
  • Reddit doubles down
  • Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddit
• DevOps
  • Second Wave DevOps
  • Kelsey Hightower Predicts How the Kubernetes Community Will Evolve
  • Kelsey Hightower Retires
  • Even the best rides come to an end featuring Kelsey Hightower (Podcast)
• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023

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Listener Feedback

• Let's Get To The News | Craig Box | Substack
• When You Don't Have a Seat At the (Managed Database) Table by Doug Sillars

Conferences

• August 8th Kubernetes Community Day Australia in Sydney, Matt attending.
• August 21st to 24th SpringOne & VMware Explore US, in Las Vegas.
• Explore EU CFP is open.
• Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines, Coté speaking.
• Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT in Zadar, Coté speaking.
• October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
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