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Re:Netflix is not a tech company (2019) by tomrod on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:52PM (#28447693)
Tech firm: your product team creates externally used technologies.

Not tech: tech improvements are internal and/or your IT staff is all about maintaining/integrating external products.

IT as cost center versus profit center may be a useful distinction.

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Re:Netflix is not a tech company (2019) by robertlagrant on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:55PM (#28448475)
> IT as cost center versus profit center may be a useful distinction.

Or perhaps "has a software engineering department".

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Re:Netflix is not a tech company (2019) by maerF0x0 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:33PM (#28448216)
but even if the center is profit, is the focus weighted on the technology it uses or just accomplishing the task (and time to market because any median engineer can accomplish this)?
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