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The Joel on Software post about open source software is relevant: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/20
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
The Joel on Software post about open source software is relevant: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
For DreamWorks, they no longer see rendering as a differentiator for them. Now they are seeing it as a cost and want to decrease the cost of rendering improvements by making it open source.
- randall 4y agoThere's also an additional benefit: Making sure the software doesn't stagnate. At big tech company... open sourcing tech helps hedge against a dead-end proprietary solution. Converting over from a dead-end proprietary solution to the industry standard does cost a lot, but it's kind of secondary to velocity.