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> I don’t know why we are thanking a successful company that is making tons of money (as thanks)... I mean, other than to be nice to a service that a lot of pe

> I don’t know why we are thanking a successful company that is making tons of money (as thanks)... I mean, other than to be nice to a service that a lot of people genuinely appreciate? It's also worth mentioning that Github is the primary reason why a lot of people have a job at all. Github resumes have immense weight in the industry nowadays.

zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
Seriously? If github didn't exist, software companies simply wouldn't have employees? It is truly amazing how twisted a view people have of power structures ... the fact that github has installed themselves as a de-facto co-arbitrator for access to jobs is reinterpreted as a sort of philanthropic contribution to society.
- scrollaway 9y ago
  My Github profile is, in fact, the reason I got several of my jobs and clients in the past and there's a bunch of other people I know this is the case for. It really is baffling how completely out of touch you are with the immense amount of benefit that the FOSS community and Github users have been reaping the past decade. You've equated Github to Oracle for some reason and are on a crusade against them, I don't get it. I truly don't get how you can be so hateful against people doing things right, versus the atrocious alternatives that exist out there. Perfect is the enemy of the good.
  - zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
    > My Github profile is, in fact, the reason I got several of my jobs and clients in the past and there's a bunch of other people I know this is the case for. Which is great for you--but does that mean that without github, you wouldn't have a job? > It really is baffling how completely out of touch you are with the immense amount of benefit that the FOSS community and Github users have been reaping the past decade. Well, the thing is: How do you know that? It is really baffling to me how everyone seems to agree that that is the case, yet noone seems to actually be able to make a solid case why they think that. > You've equated Github to Oracle for some reason and are on a crusade against them, I don't get it. I truly don't get how you can be so hateful against people doing things right, versus the atrocious alternatives that exist out there. They absolutely are not doing things right, that is my whole point. > Perfect is the enemy of the good. Which is true--but also completely vacuous: What bad thing could you not justify using that adage?

zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago

Seriously? If github didn't exist, software companies simply wouldn't have employees? It is truly amazing how twisted a view people have of power structures ... the fact that github has installed themselves as a de-facto co-arbitrator for access to jobs is reinterpreted as a sort of philanthropic contribution to society.

scrollaway 9y ago
My Github profile is, in fact, the reason I got several of my jobs and clients in the past and there's a bunch of other people I know this is the case for. It really is baffling how completely out of touch you are with the immense amount of benefit that the FOSS community and Github users have been reaping the past decade. You've equated Github to Oracle for some reason and are on a crusade against them, I don't get it. I truly don't get how you can be so hateful against people doing things right, versus the atrocious alternatives that exist out there. Perfect is the enemy of the good.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
  > My Github profile is, in fact, the reason I got several of my jobs and clients in the past and there's a bunch of other people I know this is the case for. Which is great for you--but does that mean that without github, you wouldn't have a job? > It really is baffling how completely out of touch you are with the immense amount of benefit that the FOSS community and Github users have been reaping the past decade. Well, the thing is: How do you know that? It is really baffling to me how everyone seems to agree that that is the case, yet noone seems to actually be able to make a solid case why they think that. > You've equated Github to Oracle for some reason and are on a crusade against them, I don't get it. I truly don't get how you can be so hateful against people doing things right, versus the atrocious alternatives that exist out there. They absolutely are not doing things right, that is my whole point. > Perfect is the enemy of the good. Which is true--but also completely vacuous: What bad thing could you not justify using that adage?