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> If people demanded that Wolfram were open, then it would be either a) open or b) gone. That seems a bit like saying that, if people demanded that North Korea
by JadeNB 11y ago
> If people demanded that Wolfram were open, then it would be either a) open or b) gone.
That seems a bit like saying that, if people demanded that North Korea were open, then it would be either (a) open or (b) gone. Of course, the lock-in to a software package is less than the lock-in to a country, but at a certain point it is not totally absurd to say that it is effectively impossible to switch.
- ethanbond 11y agoYou mean to say the lock in of a dictatorial military state is slightly more problematic than the lock in of downloading a different piece of software?
- JadeNB 11y agoI guess this is sarcasm? I didn't say 'slightly'; certainly it is much more problematic. Obviously, the comparison is hyperbolic, but I don't think so much so that it is valueless. (On an uncharitable personal note, I'm not so sure that comparing Wolfram's own ambitions directly to a dictator's is all that exaggerated.)