ThoughtWorks, announced the general release of Cruise, a continuous integration and release management system. ThoughtWorks, are also creators of the open source CI Server CruiseControl. Cruise introduces the powerful concept of pipelines, which makes it simple to manage and test changes in an application from check-in through deployment.

ThoughtWorks is offering a free 30-day trial of Cruise (on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux), following which it will remain free to use for teams requiring two or fewer software agents. In addition, Cruise will be available at reduced or no cost for most open source projects, academic institutions and non-profit organizations.

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