September 28, 2024

✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2024-09-27

The weekend arrives...

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As of this update, I am still wrapping up publishing my AI Field Day 5 delegate notes on Keysight, Integrail, Cisco, VMware, Elastic, Arista, and Enfabrica.

Once again, I am thankful for new and ongoing client work and catching up with past co-workers. Weather this week meant more indoors time for digging into my non-technology projects.

The biggest stories this week that caught me eye:

• The market for selling $1 for $0.74 is massive.

• More companies will be compelled to tell you that you own nothing.

• Open source can take steps forward in dramatic and different ways.

Techmeme: Docs: OpenAI's monthly revenue hit $300M in August, up 1,700% since 2023 beginning; it expects ~$3.7B in 2024 sales but may lose ~$5B, and had 350M MAUs in June (New York Times)

From New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme: California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426, which forces digital stores to tell customers they are getting a revocable license when “buying” digital media (Emma Roth/The Verge)

By Emma Roth / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine is a “cancer to WordPress” and profits off the confusion between the WordPress project and WP Engine's paid services (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

By Paul Sawers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Note: Some images via Unsplash

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