The decision to open source Heron was communicated back in late May. Twitter Engineering Manager Karthik Ramasamy stated that Heron is a streaming system that was "born out of the challenges" the company faced due to increases in not only the volume of data passing through its system but the diversity of the data.
Forbes reported on Thursday that Heron is now open-sourced and available to the community. Unfortunately for investors who are concerned about Twitter's user metrics and outlook, the move is unlikely to have any impact on its business.
Forbes stated that Twitter won't gain any new users from open-sourced technology, but it is not looking to do so.
"It's about internal superfood for a better skin condition on top," Forbes stated.
Shares of Twitter were trading lower by nearly 3 percent late Thursday morning.
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