Show Notes
Buffer Overflow: The Opposite of Sadie Hawkins
Episode 109
Future of Windows and Linux, Robocall Smackdown at the FCC, and Intel Security Vulnerabilities
Hosts
Ned Bellavance, Director of Cloud Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-bellavance-ba68a52
@Ned1313
Chris Hayner, Delivery Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismhayner
Brenda Heisler, Resource Coordinator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-heisler-b5431989/
Longer Topics
Big little changes are afoot in the world of Enterprise Linux
- RedHat released the 8.0 version of their Enterprise Linux product with hostage-takers IBM standing idly by
- Mega conferences are crappy for everyone
- On display were RHEL 8’s cool new features like, support for 4 Petabytes of physical memory, updates to the XFS file system, KVM virtualization enhancements, and, you guessed it.. More about containers.
- Microsoft, remember, has been battling IBM ever since the PC was invented.
- Fast forward to 2017, and free and paid versions of Linux dominate the Server OS Markets by more than double.
- So what does Microsoft do to respond? Make the Linux subsystem a part of Windows, of course.
Lightning Round
- Amazon is building a complete logistics business from scratch one… airport.. at a time
- Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches
- Technology-literate Judge rejects patent trolls demands for secrecy in glorious fashion
- VMware scoops up Bitnami for what I’m sure are really good reasons?
- Congress forces the FCC’s hand on Robocalls
- PSA: Apply your software patches NOW
Music Credits
Intro: Jason Shaw – Tech Talk
Outro: Jason Shaw – Feels Good 2 B