1. The New Kingmakers
How Developers Took Over the World
March 2013
10.20.2005

2. In the beginning…
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3. Software was just an enabler
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4. Eventually it evolved
from means to end
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5. Opportunities were perceived
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6. And leveraged
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7. The Era of Enterprise Software
1975 - 1998
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9. In which
Software = Business Software
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10. These people controlled
software development
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11. But the future was already here
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12. Created 1991
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13. Created 1994
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14. Created 1995
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15. Created 1995
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16. Created 1995
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17. And then in 1998
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18. A company that made money
with software rather than
from software
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19. A company that built itself from
free software
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20. A company not beholden to the
enterprise
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21. Welcome to the
The Developer Era
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22. How did we get here?
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24. For the first time in history
developers didn’t need
permission
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25. They still needed
hardware, however
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26. Created 2006
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27. “EC2 means anyone with a $10
bill can rent a 10-machine
cluster with 1TB of distributed
storage for 8 hours.”
- Flip Kromer
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28. With hardware and software,
what was still missing?
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29. What might SaaS enable?
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30. Education and Training
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31. Collaboration Mechanisms
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32. Marketplaces for Goods & Services
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33. And lastly, developers
needed access to capital
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34. And it’s been granted
Source: National
Venture Capital
Association and the
UNH Center for
Venture Research
Credit: Chris Tacy
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35. The Net
What IT Decision Makers Think is Being Used
CIO
What Developers Want to Use
What is Actually Being Used
DEVELOPERS
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36. Developers have never
been more empowered than
they are today
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37. Consider language adoption
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39. Consider the state of standards
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41. Consider software adoption
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43. Consider market performance
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45. The reality is clear
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46. Developers = Kingmakers
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47. Where to get it?
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48. thenewkingmakers.com
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49. QUESTIONS
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