Show Notes
This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars?
Rundown
Licensing in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
Hardened Images for Everyone
Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros.
Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs
Conferences
cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.
DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)
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Special Guest: Brian Gracely.
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