October 10, 2025
Ignore previous directions 8: devopsdays
Autumn update
This is what it is looking like around here at the moment.
DevOpsDays London
I gave a talk at DevOpsDays London recently. It was a nice conference, and thanks to all the organizers for all their work.
The video is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMU2mZgo99c
Below is my rough outline for the talk, it differs a bit from what I actually said!
Why did containers happen?
A few years ago, I spent a bunch of time answering questions from the FTC about Broadcom's acquisition of VMware. They wanted to know if containers were a competitor to virtual machines, as they were trying to understand the competitive landscape around VMware.
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