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Inktomi and Cloud Computing
- Eric Brewer co-founded Inktomi, a pre-Google search engine company.
- Inktomi pioneered large-scale cluster computing, laying the groundwork for modern cloud computing.
Presidential Job Offer
- Eric Brewer was offered a job by Barack Obama to improve federal agencies' technical capabilities.
- Brewer declined due to family commitments but has worked with Bill Clinton on USA.gov.
Kubernetes Vision
- Eric Brewer advocated for Kubernetes and its open-source nature within Google.
- Kubernetes shifts focus from infrastructure to services and APIs, playing to Google's strengths.