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Doesn't the four paragraphs linked answer your question exactly? >Before 2007, the way to participate in Open Source was fragmented. ... Nowadays doing Open So
by SquareWheel 9y ago
Doesn't the four paragraphs linked answer your question exactly?
>Before 2007, the way to participate in Open Source was fragmented. ... Nowadays doing Open Source is infinitely easier thanks to you, GitHub. You've provided the tools and the social conventions to make those days a thing of the past. Your impact in the Open Source movement is unprecedented.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y agoNo, that was just inevitable technological progress. Mind you that github did not invent git, nor the git workflows. Their primary contribution is that they extended git into a proprietary platform with network effects, so as to make everyone dependent on them.
- SquareWheel 9y ago>No, that was just inevitable technological progress. So you're discounting their accomplishments because a company was destined to enter this niche? Nothing happens for free. It's the result of thousands of man hours. Github has done a lot of good in this space, and there's nothing wrong with showing some appreciation.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago> So you're discounting their accomplishments because a company was destined to enter this niche? No, I am discounting their accomplishments because their net contribution is negative due to the way they operate their business. > Github has done a lot of good in this space I disagree. > and there's nothing wrong with showing some appreciation. There is something very wrong with showing appreciation for something that is actually hurting you.