Talking about Facebook this week is inescapable, so we do, but in a rant-y kind of way. We also discuss Oracle’s plans to hire 10,000 more people in Austin, Solomon Hykes leaving Docker, and the Google/Oracle case around Java’s copyright. Listener Feedback Eric Larson says Coté is wrong there is no zen in pulling weeds. Craig from Ontario says we are doing a great job and emailed for a sticker John Mitchell from Duke Energy got a sticker and did an interview with us here. That French steak house. This episode brought to you by: Datadog! This episode is sponsored by Datadog, a monitoring platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog provides visibility into more than 200 technologies, including AWS, Chef, and Docker, with built-in metric dashboards and automated alerts. With end-to-end request tracing, Datadog provides visibility into your applications and their underlying infrastructure—all in one place. Sign up for a free trial at www.datadog.com/sdt Datadog wants you to know they provide Container Monitoring. You try it out by signing up for a trial at www.datadog.com/sdt. Relevant to your interests Oracle's Founder Larry Ellison Says Austin Campus is Going to Grow to 10,000 Google-Oracle high-stakes dustup returns to court — with billions on the line Happy as Larry: Why Oracle won the Google Java Android case Pivotal Software files for IPO Finally, a more coherent IBM story? Facebook confirms it records users' call history, stoking furor Getting acquainted with Kubernetes 1.10, CoreOS Red Hat is in the pink: Cracks $3bn revenue run rate as subs take off Apollo Is Considering IPO of Cloud-Hosting Firm Rackspace $13 billion Atlassian explains how the 'joy of missing out' led it to totally reinvent one of its core products As it shifts cloud focus to platform services, Oracle tries to hold on to its database legacy GitLab 10.6 released with CI/CD for GitHub and deeper Kubernetes integration Docker, a $1 billion software start-up, has lost its founder a year after new CEO joined Solomon Hykes Departs from Docker - The New Stack Nonsense Honest Status Page Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Slips on Banana Peel NPR reviews Pacific Rim “Mech & Cheese” Conferences, et. al. April 3rd to 4th, Dallas - MC Coté at SpringOne Tour. April 11th, InnoTech San Antonio - Coté speaking. April 10-12th, Sydney AWS Summit April 26-27, DevOpsDays Jakarta - Matt is keynoting, and Coté will be speaking too. May 15th to 18th, 2018 - Coté talking EA at Continuous Lifecycle London. May 22-25, ChefConf 2018, in Chicago. SDT news & hype Check out Software Defined Interviews, our new podcast. Pretty self-descriptive, plus the #exegesis podcast we’ve been doing, all in one, for free. Keep up with the weekly newsletter. Join us in Slack. Buy some t-shirts! DISCOUNT CODE: SDTFSG (20% off) Send your name and address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you a sticker. Recommendations Matt: Disrupting Dystopia - The Bruce Sterling Talk - SXSW 2018 by SXSW rainbow-delimiters for Emacs Brandon: Netflix The Gift. Coté: Blue Diamond Smoke House Almonds. Sponsored By:Datadog Free Trial: This episode is sponsored by Datadog, a monitoring platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog provides visibility into more than 200 technologies, including AWS, Chef, and Docker, with built-in metric dashboards and automated alerts. With end-to-end request tracing, Datadog provides visibility into your applications and their underlying infrastructure—all in one place. Sign up for a free trial today!Software Defined Talk: Get 20% off a Software Defined Talk t-shirt. You know you want one! BUY NOW AND FINALLY BE ONE OF THE COOL KIDS! Promo Code: SDTFSG