Cloud first on forking, forging and foraging
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The document discusses the increasing fragmentation of technology and adoption of cloud computing. It notes how open source projects now use forks as a metric of popularity rather than download numbers. Additionally, it discusses how cloud platforms are embracing and extending popular languages like Java to attract developers.
Cloud first on forking, forging and foraging
- 1. Cloud First: On Forking, Forging and Foraging 10.20.2005 Digital London March 2012
- 3. Explosion of Forms 3
- 4. Cloud is eating the World 4
- 6. Forage 6
- 7. Then Forge 7
- 8. On Quality 8
- 9. Making Differences 9
- 10. Resolving Differences 10
- 11. In Praise of Forking Open Source used to count download numbers as a measure of developer success. Today we increasingly use forks as the metric of traction. 11
- 12. No Permission Required Source @cbtacey, AppFog data from National Venture Capital Association and UNH Center for Venture Research 12
- 13. The Value of Data “The lumber industry sells what used to be waste — sawdust, chips, and shredded wood — for a pretty profit. Today you’ll find these by-products in synthetic fireplace logs, concrete, mulch, particle board, fuel, livestock and pet bedding, winter road traction, weed killing and more.” Jason Fried, 37signals 13
- 14. GitHub Change 14
- 15. Ohloh Monthly Contributors 15
- 16. Language Tiers 16
- 17. Embrace and extend: the sincerest form of flattery “We saw more and more people were writing cloud applications in Java.” Amitabh Srivastava, Microsoft SVP Server and Cloud Division, announcing “first class support” for Java in Azure 17
- 18. Build on CI 18
- 19. The End of No Software 19
- 20. A marriage of convenience: divide and rule 20
- 21. A little too early 21
- 22. Cloud Factoring 22
- 23. Credits Photos: SF in Cloud – SF Chronicle Craftsman – A. Davey on Flickr Forge – Stewart Black on Flickr Riveting – Encyclopedia of New Zealand Forage – honestcooking.com 23