Today: A deep dive into a dispute between the backers of NATS and the CNCF, which is just the latest example of changing norms in open-source software, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
When the CNCF accepts open-source projects, it requires that any trademarks related to the project be handed over. Synadia never did that, and is now backing down from an attempt to use its ownership of the trademark as leverage to regain control of NATS.
Today on Product Saturday: Snyk introduces an API security tool, Relyance follows your data on its journey, and the quote of the week.
Red Hat is probably the most successful open-source enterprise software company in the history of tech. For many years that success has existed in tension with the open-source software community, and this summer that tension rose to a new level.
The startup has raised $18 million in funding to create a private beta of what Jacob called a "simulator" that models a company's tech infrastructure — on either cloud services or on-premises servers — using digital twins technology.
CoreWeave, which started out as a cryptocurrency mining operation, is taking a fresh approach to cloud services: It is focused on delivering the raw ingredients for the generative AI boom at extremely competitive prices.
