{"id":25936,"date":"2019-02-05T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/why-netflix-built-free-software\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:33:25","slug":"why-netflix-built-free-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/en\/why-netflix-built-free-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Netflix is built with free software?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to provide their entertainment services to thousands of customers around the world, Netflix has set up its own content distribution network (CDN). It is called <strong>Open Connect<\/strong> and is made up of custom hardware and software based on FreeBSD.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>simplified BSD license<\/strong> of this OS offers great freedom to Netflix developers, who <strong>are not required to publish the code they have modified<\/strong> from the original system to.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason why they use this OS is its great <strong>performance<\/strong>. After customizing it according to their needs, they managed to reach rates of <strong>90 Gb\/s in encrypted connections<\/strong>, and most striking: <strong>consuming only 55% of the CPU<\/strong> in a system with 16 cores to 2, 6 GHz.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/omicrono.elespanol.com\/2019\/02\/sistema-operativo-que-usa-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Omicrono<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Netflix<\/strong>, the popular platform to watch series and movies online, is built with <strong>free software<\/strong>. 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