Leading DevOps program Chef goes all in with open source
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Agile and DevOps: 7 tips for creating the right cultureNew strategies are changing how software projects are delivered, but choosing the right approach is key. The company sees three possible paths: License a commercial version; use an older version; or "Take our open source code and create a software development org to build and manage their own distro (create their own downstream fork) or leverage a public free distribution (which may or may not exist). This is an enterprise-grade DevOps system for setting up and managing infrastructure, security policies, and application lifecycle dependencies as code. OGrady commented, "It is far too early to make a determination on how Chefs new model will fare, whether the metric is the companys balance sheet or the less quantifiable market sentiment. Whatever its fate, however, for someone who has been alarmed at the normalization of practices that were problematic at best for open source broadly, it is encouraging to see a vendor attempting to find a model that requires compromises, but adheres at least to the letter of the law.
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