More Like VMwhere? [11]

We take a moment to reflect on VMware's past, present, and future given the Broadcom acquisition. Ned is furious about Chris' distaste for cake. And we all agree WSL on Windows Server is silly.

Show Notes

More Like VMwhere?

Episode: 11 Published: 05/31/2022

Stories

EXT: A suburban neighborhood in front of a house with green siding and white trim. It is definitely green and not at all blue, no matter what my ex says. Our heroes are exiting the front door wearing spring appropriate garb.

CHRIS: It’s not that I don’t like cake, it’s more that I’m ambivalent towards it. Like me and cake would be great neighbors, but not friends.

NED: That’s stupid, cake is everyone’s friend. In fact���

[Ned is interrupted by a loud cracking sound as a blue lighting ball appears in front of the house that is definitely not blue. I mean it could be considered a blueish green, but primarily green. No one would mistake it for a blue house. Oh, and a mysterious figure emerges from the ball. ]

OLD MAN: Ned, Chris! Thank goodness, I’m in the right timeline. Tell me, is it Blurbuary yet?

CHRIS: Blurbuary? What are you talking about, it’s May. And how do you know our���

OLD MAN: There’s no time! I mean there’s lots of time, maybe too much. But then this must mean.. Quick, who is the president?

NED: Joe Biden

OLD MAN: Crap. And what goes on a hot dog?

CHRIS: Ketchup, naturally.

OLD MAN: No no no, crap. Crappity crap crap. Alright, last question, and listen carefully. How do you feel about cake?

CHRIS: [Begins to answer and is rudely cut off by another lightning ball.] Don���t care for���

[Before Chris can finish his sentence, the old man is sucked into the new lightning ball, which adds a blue-ish pallor to the house, which is still unequivocally green. I mean, in the proper lighting at dawn or dusk, maybe I could see it? No, no, no! This is a green house and I stand by it.]

NED: That was. Odd. Should we go get some hot dogs with ketchup?

CHRIS: Sure! And we can get some delicious pie afterwards.

NED: Sounds good. Even if we can���t agree on cake, we���ll always have pie.

VMware RIP 2022

Links:

• Broadcom to buy VMware? Smell test failed
  • Wow I was wrong fast!
• Email to employees from the CEO
• Broadcom investor presentation
• Strategy for Broadcom from a 2021 slide deck shows they are focused on top 600 customers. Hope you���re one of those!
• Brian Madden has feeling that are worth reading

Lightning Round

• Microsoft Build Stuff I Care About
• An AMD-powered supercomputer breaks the exascale barrier for the first time
• Microsoft Office security vulnerability identified after Microsoft decided it wasn���t a problem
  • There are other mitigations you can enact right now that include deregistering the msdt protocol

Intro and outro music by James Bellavance

What is Chaos Lever Podcast?

Chaos Lever examines emerging trends and new technology for the enterprise and beyond. Hosts Ned Bellavance and Chris Hayner examine the tech landscape through a skeptical lens based on over 40 combined years in the industry. Are we all doomed? Yes. Will the apocalypse be streamed on TikTok? Probably. Does Joni still love Chachi? Decidedly not.