Many people are asking about the future of KubeCon now that Kubernetes isn’t the central focus. How does it evolve? Is it like re:Invent or VMworld or something else? SHOW: 666CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:JetBrains Datalore: Collaborative data science for your whole organizationEnhance your core data team’s performance by bringing real-time collaboration, a first-class coding experience, and no-code automations to Jupyter notebooks. Make conversation with business stakeholders easy through the sharing of interactive data apps. Start for free at datalore.team/cloudcast.Granulate, an Intel company - Autonomous, continuous, workload optimizationgProfiler from Granulate - Production profiling, made easyCDN77 - Content Delivery Network Optimized for Video85% of users stop watching a video because of stalling and rebuffering. Rely on CDN77 to deliver a seamless online experience to your audience. Ask for a free trial with no duration or traffic limits.SHOW NOTES:The Cloudcast Eps.665 - Reviewing KubeCon DetroitLessons Learned from OpenStack (Eps.489) WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF KUBECON / CLOUDNATIVECONKubeCon feels like it’s at a cross-roads now that Kubernetes is not the central focus of the event. So where does it go from here? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ISN’T A CENTRAL FOCUS?Is it OpenStack Big Tent 2.0?Is the CNCF trying to define a stack anymore, or just a governance home?Is it VMworld post-2012?Is it the re:Invent of Cloud-native technologies?Could some company be the GTM for many of the companies at KubeCon?Would it be good or bad to have individual project conferences? Are the pre-event event good or bad for people trying to learn a specific domain?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet