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> Does anyone feel a tinge of guilt using the amazing technology that Google provides? I do and the same with a few other big company technologies and framewor

> Does anyone feel a tinge of guilt using the amazing technology that Google provides? I do and the same with a few other big company technologies and frameworks. It's not so much the support but more the fact that in the past a single person / small team could make a technology that became a staple of the industry. I always liked that it was one of the few things left that big corporations didn't have a strangle hold upon. Now however it seems that it is no longer the case and all the new frameworks, libraries and other such things are coming out of the big corporations - I guess I just enjoyed supporting the little guys.

Klathmon 9y ago
Well I'd argue that the little guys are still plenty powerful in this space. Some of the largest JavaScript libraries we're only a few people (some we're hired by big companies, but they were alone for a long time).
- surfmike 9y ago
  The platform they run on (web browser) is written by Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
  - Klathmon 9y ago
    And Mozilla. But the platform the other tools that the GP is talking about would probably run on an OS, of which I don't think there are many which are written and maintained by small independent teams of a few developers. Still, I was just pointing out that there are still areas that the major player is an independent developer without any backing. I'd bet that with the ease of publishing in something like NPM it's easier than ever for someone to make a good piece of software and become a dominating force in a niche area than ever before.
- ktta 9y ago
  >some we're hired by big companies, but they were alone for a long time I would imagine they would've been happy with staying alone rather than being managed by a boss, but sadly no one bothers to donate to most projects. I'm not talking about your average software developer, but large companies that save hundreds of man hours that would've gone into creating and maintaining the projects they use.

Klathmon 9y ago

Well I'd argue that the little guys are still plenty powerful in this space. Some of the largest JavaScript libraries we're only a few people (some we're hired by big companies, but they were alone for a long time).

surfmike 9y ago
The platform they run on (web browser) is written by Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
- Klathmon 9y ago
  And Mozilla. But the platform the other tools that the GP is talking about would probably run on an OS, of which I don't think there are many which are written and maintained by small independent teams of a few developers. Still, I was just pointing out that there are still areas that the major player is an independent developer without any backing. I'd bet that with the ease of publishing in something like NPM it's easier than ever for someone to make a good piece of software and become a dominating force in a niche area than ever before.
ktta 9y ago
>some we're hired by big companies, but they were alone for a long time I would imagine they would've been happy with staying alone rather than being managed by a boss, but sadly no one bothers to donate to most projects. I'm not talking about your average software developer, but large companies that save hundreds of man hours that would've gone into creating and maintaining the projects they use.