To get to that Prometheus service a number of different companies and open source communities played a part: SoundCloud, which gave birth to Prometheus; Hyperic, the inspiration behind Cortex (by way of Scope); SpringSource, which recognized the business value in monitoring. Oh, and at the center of everything, Weaveworks, the company perhaps best known for GitOps but which also created Cortex.
Buried in the history of Cortex is a lesson in apportioning open source credit. The tl;dr? It’s complicated. It’s also diffuse. And it’s exactly how open source is supposed to work.
Money and open source
The Minnesota Legislature convened Tuesday with the COVID-19 pandemic and a new two-year budget at the top of the agenda for a session that will be unlike any before.
At least eight Republican senators did not wear masks on the Minnesota State Senate floor for Tuesday's oaths of office and delivery of election certificates. The senators were: Mark Johnson, Paul Utke, Justin Eichorn, Carrie Ruud, Jeff Howe, Andrew Mathews, Mark Koran and Dave Osmek. A coronavirus outbreak hit the GOP caucus in November after a large, in-person dinner party, and then-Sen. Jerry Relph died of COVID-19 last month. In November, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said he was "committed to protecting senators, staff" during the 2021 session.
Jan 6, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Legislature convened Tuesday with the COVID-19 pandemic and a new two-year budget at the top of the agenda for a session that will be unlike any before.
Battle lines are already being drawn over the sweeping emergency powers that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has used to command the state’s fight against the coronavirus, with Republicans trying to carve out a stronger voice for the Legislature in decisions about reopening schools and businesses.
The Capitol has remained mostly closed to the public since the pandemic began and has been fenced off since the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. Nearly all House meetings will be conducted online, while the Senate plans a hybrid of in-person and online hearings and floor sessions.
WASHINGTON (AP) As the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations trickled out across the United States, many members of Congress lined up at the Capitol physician’s office to get inoculated.
President-elect Joe Biden got vaccinated, too, as did Vice President Mike Pence. Both rolled up their sleeves live on television to receive their shots.
For some of America’s political leaders, there are practical imperatives for getting vaccinated early: their own risk factors, ensuring continuity at the highest reaches of the U.S. government and helping build public confidence in the vaccine. But there are also tricky optics for politicians to navigate, particularly with supplies of the vaccines still exceedingly limited and millions of elderly Americans and essential workers weeks away from being inoculated.