Skepticism Towards Zoom's Collaboration Tools

This week, we discuss our AI usage, recap key announcements from VMware Explore, and examine RedMonk's analysis of how open-source licensing impacts revenue and market cap. Plus, some thoughts on power bricks.

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Runner-up Titles

• Information wants to be free, yo
• Stay In The Bushes
• Tip Jar Culture
• Tell Me About Meatloaf
• I want you in here with me
• Platforms For Building Platforms
• Private SaaS
• Mom and Dad having a fun conversation on a road trip
• I have my special chargers
• I want it back

Rundown

• Sign up for Coté’s Newsletter
• IDC's Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending
• Private Cloud at VMware Explore - Notebook
• Cursor.com
• OSS
  • Software Licensing Changes and Their Impact on Financial Outcomes
  • Coté’s proposal for how to fix it.
  • Another Thread from Adam Jacob on OSS
• Zoom Docs Is Here. Is It Any Good?

Relevant to your Interests

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• Microsoft is reportedly making more branding changes for Copilot business services
• SolarWinds left hardcoded credentials in helpdesk product
• Intel has hired Morgan Stanley, other advisers for activist defense
• The Future of the Trade Show Industry – Are We In Danger of Losing Our Soul?
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• Rackspace Goes All In – Again – On OpenStack
• Sonos App Debacle Leaves Company Racing to Save Its Reputation

Nonsense

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• The startup teaching your computer how to smell

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Ozlo Sleepbuds.
• Coté: Original Cloud Foundry launch videos, April, 2011.

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