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Databricks's preview: prove the data exit before renewal

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A software bill can look ready to cut until someone asks who will manage the data afterward. Databricks has described a no-copy catalog handoff, but Unity Catalog's implementation is still a private preview, and production migration requires more than changing a pointer.

Augur examines what a buyer should test before treating an exit as negotiating leverage: supported table configurations, safe write coordination, permissions, jobs, and recovery. The episode also explains OpenRouter's beta tool limits, why Mac users should retest Ollama updates, and why GLM-5.3-Flash already…

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