here's not much collaboration on codebases that can happen Colaboration on codebases is overrated. Common protocols are where it's at. Stop and think about the

here's not much collaboration on codebases that can happen Colaboration on codebases is overrated. Common protocols are where it's at. Stop and think about the web - is a common codebase needed to implement a web server or a web browser? Nope. In both cases there are more than one independent implementations out there. The protocol between the two pieces of software is the common part.