NEW: HashiCorp will adopt the Business Source License with the next releases of its various open-source projects. In an exclusive interview, Armon Dadgar explains the thinking, another sign that the role of open-source software in enterprise tech is changing: runtime.news/as-hashicorp-a…

I've got some exciting news to share: I'm going pro with my newsletter! This Thursday, I'm officially launching Lowpass as an independent newsletter publication. lowpass.cc/p/lowpass-news…

extremely happy to get to cover this news! tom is super talented & i can't wait to see what he'll do with his own thing: niemanlab.org/2023/04/a-form…

Got this news on vacation at the Grand Canyon, which is at least a pretty place to be reminded once again of how ridiculous the modern media business is. Proud to have built the best enterprise tech-media team in the business, hire them if you can.

In 20 years of doing this I'm pretty sure I've never read an angrier piece of corporate communication. Blaming the organizers of the pressure campaign for causing Kiwi Farms users to do what they've always done, only to a wider group of people, was a choice.

Google has always had world-class infrastructure and technical talent, but had a very hard time getting enterprise customers to take it seriously until Thomas Kurian took over as CEO in 2019. Donna Goodison takes a deep look at how Google Cloud changed course: protocol.com/enterprise/goo…

Breaking, from Donna Goodison: After years of debate, Google Cloud is ready to submit Istio to the CNCF At one point, Google seemed unsure whether it would cede control of the service-mesh project, but things have changed. protocol.com/enterprise/goo…

Some meta Protocol | Enterprise newsletter news today: Starting on Monday, we're coming atcha five times a week, arriving in your inbox each weekday afternoon. Plus, some redesigned sections and regular contributions from our growing team. Tell a friend! protocol.com/newsletters/pr…

Big news in today's Protocol | Enterprise: aisha counts is our new enterprise SaaS reporter, starting today! protocol.com/newsletters/pr… We're still hiring for an enterprise infrastructure reporter and a cybersecurity reporter, more details here: protocol.com/careers/

How Google Cloud plans to kill its ‘Killed By Google’ reputation: Under the new Google Enterprise APIs policy, the company is making a promise that its services will remain available and stable far into the future. protocol.com/enterprise/goo…

New: I spoke with Cassidy Corey Quinn Amanda Silver and @ianjnnngs about why developer experience will be one of the most important competitive factors over the next few years of enterprise tech: protocol.com/enterprise/dev…

New: Richard Stallman's costly return to the Free Software Foundation has put the future of the organization in doubt after board members, contributors, and other supporters recoiled at the idea of reinstalling someone so toxic in a leadership position.

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Area Cloud CEO Gets Promotion

New: Elastic's decision to change the licenses on two of its open-source projects appears to have backfired, with AWS announcing plans to fork both projects under its wing. Here's the backstory on Elasticsearch and open source in the cloud era:

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