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Netflix has a vested interest in fostering cloud computing -- after all, that's increasingly the company's core business (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/23/netflix-q4-earnings-show-2-million-new-streaming-in-the-us-6-mi/). Accordingly, it's not going to just sit around and wait for a breakthrough. The subscription service is kicking off its Netflix Cloud Prize competition in the hopes that developers can move technology a little faster. Programmers who build upon Netflix's open-source code before September 15th can win from a pool of $100,000 spread equally among 10 categories, ranging from performance improvements to what has to be our automatic favorite: "best new monkey (http://www.engadget.com/tag/monkey/)." Each winner also gets $5,000 in Amazon Web Services (http://www.engadget.com/tag/amazonwebservices/) credit, flights to Las Vegas and a spot at Amazon's user conference this November. The challenge won't completely make up for the end (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/08/netflix-changes-its-current-api-program-by-ending-it-will-no/) to Netflix's public API, but it does show that at least some tinkerers are welcome in the streaming video giant's world.
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