How to eat (Hill Country) BBQ, plus, PE in systems management
Software Defined Talk LLC·2018-04-21·via Software Defined Talk
Episode 131
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April 20th, 2018
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54 mins 22 secs
It’s hard to be a medium sized systems management (“monitoring”) company: you either have to niche it out and exit early, or go big. With some recent funding and PE activity in that area, Brandon and Coté discuss that. Also, a detailed HOWTO on eating Texas BBQ.
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The touchbar is pretty cool. I do keep hitting “back” because I’m used to resting my fingers on that part of the keyboard. Whatever.
The speakers are very nice too, like the iPad Pro.
Migrate Utility is either easy to screw up or not fully baked.
Dropbox gets a little confused with how long something will take.
USB-C: I’m just here so I don’t get fined.
How to eat (Hill Country) BBQ
Order a plate - two meats (always brisket if it's your first time, then lady's choice), beans, Cole slaw. I’d skip the bread, but load up on onions, and pickles if they’re you’re thing
Eat all the BBQ.
Eat with your fingers.
Don't put sugar on your meat.
Don’t tell people how to eat BBQ, or argue about dry rubs and sauce. Just eat.
451: “Actian is being acquired in an all-cash deal valued at $330m by a JV in which HCL Technologies owns 80% and Sumeru Equity Partners the remaining 20%”
451: “Actian told us in March [of 2018?] that revenue was back up to more than $100m while headcount totaled approximately 300." They also own Pervasive (including Data Junction for ETL/integration soup-to-nuts), y’all: “In 2013, Pervasive Software was acquired by Actian Corporation for $161.9 million. Actian had initially made offers in August 2012 starting at $154 million 30% higher than its shares traded at the time.”
