Episode Details

This week we discuss Oracle’s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck’s blockchain-based loyalty program and André Staltz’s “Time Till Open Source Alternative” article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee…

Runner-up Titles

• It’s about me
• Workshop it
• I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs
• This is their Popeye moment
• Pulitzers and free coffee
• Financial shenanigans
• Hide the gift shop in the data center

Rundown

• No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs
• Oracle on Verge of Becoming World’s Hottest Cloud Vendor
• Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey
• André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative
• Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it

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