Power of Open Source

From the release notes:

The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap forward is because the community was so involved with every step of the process. Over 150 people contributed code directly to the release, our highest ever, with many tens of thousands more participating in the polls, surveys, tests, mailing lists, and other feedback mechanisms the WordPress dev team used in putting this release together.

This is why open source is such an amazing thing. Imagine what the corporate bill would be to hire a team of 150 highly talented, motivated and productive employees — just for one single release. Now go look at how many significant releases they have kicked out this year.

I think this open source thing is here to stay.

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