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What tools was Facebook built with again?

• sofaofthedamned 8y ago
  This comment should be voted up, the OP completely misses the fact we're all standing on the shoulders of giants. If Axelrod feels there should be a balance sheet it goes both ways.
• markbnj 8y ago
  Exactly. It's not even a matter of "was built with." How about "is being built with?" If they had to pay for all the stuff they use now then for all I know it would have a big impact on their financial position. More importantly they might not exist at all if they had to scrounge up six figures a year for their first commercial database license. As I said in my response to Axelrod on Medium: open source drops the paywalls around production quality "parts" so that big ideas, which have a big impact on the world, can flourish.