{"id":8019,"date":"2016-06-27T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2016-06-27T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:33:00","slug":"devops-a-game-of-ice-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/devops-a-game-of-ice-and-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"DevOps: A game of ice and fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
The battles and revolutions being fought in the Games of Thrones fantasy drama echo the changes taking place in software development. Choice, and the freedom to choose any tool, are the new battleground, as Chris Boorman, Chief Marketing Officer, Automic explains.<\/em><\/p>\n
The revolutions taking place in Game of Thrones have more in common with what\u2019s happening in development than you might think.<\/p>\n
George R.R. Marti\u2019s epic fantasy drama set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos chronicles the conflict among competing claimants for succession to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. There are attempts to reclaim the throne by the realm\u2019s deposed ruling dynasty. Game of Thrones also spans the threat of the impending winter and the legendary creatures and fierce peoples of the North. Revolutions and battles abound.<\/p>\n
A similar revolution is taking place in development. It\u2019s a new world, where battles over new tools are being fought over in the enterprise and won. Millennials \u2013 the population born between 1980 and 2000 with different priorities to previous generations \u2013 are now crowding the development space. They no longer want to be tied to the old world of structured toolsets from legacy vendors. They want to freedom to choose their own toolsets to develop code.<\/p>\n