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You often hear the phrase "It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission" especially hear on Hacker News and around start-ups. Microsoft is taki
by wldcordeiro 11y ago
You often hear the phrase "It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission" especially hear on Hacker News and around start-ups. Microsoft is taking the same approach. I agree that opt-in and full transparency would be the best in an ideal world. But the reality is that people don't care enough and most people wouldn't opt-in willingly or wouldn't realize what they could opt-in to.
- dingaling 11y ago> "It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission" Which works perhaps twice in the corporate world before you're thrown out on the street. In the realm of public opinion sometimes even once is enough to wreck a brand. For the first time ever I have non-tech colleagues asking me about Linux.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> You often hear the phrase "It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission" The more common phrase is easier rather than better. (Which is why the initialism form is EAFP rather than BAFP.) And it is easier. Also, however, more prone to adverse consequences when the answer to what you ask is "no".