A follow up to linux post..

As an interesting follow-up to the Linux post the other day.

I remember hearing about how Netflix were doing Continous Delivery a few years ago. There are a few videos out there about it. The one I link above is just one good example.

Last night Netflix open sourced their entire continuous delivery platform. Free. There is the code. Use it how and where you want. If we were to look back 15 years ago they would have spun it out into its own company and sold it as a product in its own right. But now, what companies are doing is sending the code out there. It's one part company prestige and another part a competition to get the best development talent. Not all financial decisions are just around yearly licence fees.