VMs still running 53% of production, chicken sandwich wars, year-long vacations, and more.
- France blames Iran for supermarket hack meltdowns
- “A Linux Foundation survey of 492 practitioners scheduled to be released today found that VMs account for 53% of production applications, with most respondents expecting that proportion to remain stable. Among organizations expanding their VM deployments, 34% cited AI and agentic workloads as contributing factors.”
- Using AI just to lay people off has poor ROI . It’s better to use it to make your business run better and do new things. Who knew?!
- “None of the restaurants involved in the chicken sandwich war had an enduring competitive advantage over any of the others, and all of them had to deal with potential customers choosing to just cook at home instead, but it was still highly profitable for everybody involved.”
- “If you’re feeling in a rut at work, then yeah, a year long vacation is going to feel good, because YOU’RE NOT WORKING”
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