Episode 429: This is peak VMware

This week, we discuss VMware’s Announcements, SUSE goes private and some thoughts on streaming services. Plus, Matt provides an update on the repercussions of spilled Orange Juice.

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Runner-up Titles

• Matt Ray Vibe
• Ethically flexible
• And one more thing me
• Is it new?
• You’re gold plating your gold.
• Hello World and my Mom’s Blog
• SAP known for being nimble
• I guess I am excited
• There’s no way you sold 50,000 Chinese knock off water piks in Australia.

Rundown

• Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable
• VMware
  • Broadcom's $61B planned VMware purchase clears U.S., UK
  • Introducing vSAN Max | VMware
  • VMware Expands Tanzu to Accelerate App Delivery at Enterprise Scale
  • VMware Explore 2023 Media Kit - VMware News and Stories
  • VMware edges towards multi-cloud, adds AI side quest
• SUSE
  • EQT Private Equity Announces Voluntary Public Purchase Offer and Intention to Delist SUSE
  • SUSE Manager Ansible Integration Becomes Fully Supported
  • Oracle, SUSE and CIQ launch the Open Enterprise Linux Association amid Red Hat controversy
• Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
• What Happened to Wirecutter?

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Nonsense

• All signs point to a late summer COVID wave
• American States As Real People Generated by AI
• LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it

Listener Feedback

• What is AWS after the Chasm?

Conferences

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