Liz Rice Chief Open Source Officer, Isovalent Chair, CNCF Technical Oversight Committee Ambassador, Open UK @lizrice Contributing to open source: What’s in it for my business?

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@lizrice Collaborate on common infrastructure https://medium.com/blackrock-engineering/ocibuilder... @lizrice “We want to drive adoption of [ocibuilder] ... to build a sustainable project” BlackRock

@lizrice Collaborate on security https://www.capitalone.com/tech/cloud/cloud-custodian-cncf-donation/ @lizrice “software quality increases and risk is reduced when code is shared with an ecosystem of experts” Capital One

@lizrice 14 Photo by an_vision on Unsplash @lizrice Contribute back to upstream “If you don’t go upstream, you basically screw yourself long-term” Wim Coekaerts, Oracle

@lizrice Accelerate features you need https://www.capitalone.com/tech/cloud/cloud-custodian-cncf-donation/ “We’ve been able to influence the product roadmap” Capital One @lizrice Accelerate features you need

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@lizrice Attract potential hires @lizrice “This is what we mean when we talk about open source “community”— the satisfaction, appreciation, recognition, and relationships that arise from solving shared problems with peers” FINOS Business Value of Open Source White Paper

@lizrice Standardize transferable skills Photo by Vincent Branciforti on Unsplash @lizrice “The more companies that adopt Backstage, the more support the project gets, the stronger the platform becomes for everyone” Spotify

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