Eystein Stenberg From Mender.io

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Great discussion with Eystein on updating systems, how Mender has evolved over the last ~10 years, and more:

• Eystein has a background in Math and cryptography
• Company started as CFEngine
• Things people tend to not think about with system update:
  • security
  • reliability (power loss, does it resume downloads when there are network issues, etc.)
  • future products – is the solution general
  • scheduling
  • updating multiple devices in the system
• Mendor milestones
  1. OSS release
  2. SaS service
  3. advanced environments, complex deployments, orchestration, etc
• OSS foundation
  • open-core model
  • product led growth
  • is working well
• Programming languages
  • Switching the Mender client from Go to C++ so the client is more portable.
• Platform vs Product
  • Product – narrow set of problems, pick what you need, less vendor lock-in
  • Platform – wide focus and tends toward locked in
• Interesting in the technology space
  • Bootloader standardization would help a lot
  • ARM System Ready looks interesting.
• Advice for young engineers

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