I am not aware of Android and Kubernetes being leaks, they were open source from the start. For Android, openness was a big marketing point. I am not aware of IE leaks, and if there were leaks, hackers searching for exploits would be probably be the most interested, and that would be a bad thing for Microsoft.

The problem with leaks is that they don't come with a license, you don't have the right to use them for any legitimate purpose. No one who could afford a 250k/year license would touch that leak as it could get them in big trouble.

Any links about IE, Android and Kubernetes? I'm not up on these being ops.

He's not saying they are leaks, he's saying that they are examples of a large company releasing a product for free to crush the competition. I don't necessarily agree with him, especially about Kubernetes.

Kubernetes is a tool that makes portability between clouds easier - and it was released by a challenger brand in cloud.

I missed the one about K8S, do you have any resources?