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Is Google any worse than some "benevolent dictator for life" like other open-source languages?
by jonny_eh 8y ago
Is Google any worse than some "benevolent dictator for life" like other open-source languages?
- neves 8y agoSure Google is worse. A BDFL usually started it as a personal project, has deep interest in making the software flourish in the most places possible. Google interest is their bottom line, and it will base their technical decisions.
- asutekku 8y agoGoogle has abandoned so many projects people (developers) don’t have that much of a faith in them anymore.
- ngrilly 8y agoA lot of open sources are abandoned in general. Google has a good track record regarding the maintenance of their open source projects. Google has abandoned some proprietary products (Google Reader, Google +, etc.), but it says nothing about their open source strategy.
- asutekku 8y agoFor a public view it doesn’t really matter if it is proprietary project or not. They have tarnished their own reputation even at the development field with their actions.
- sametmax 8y agoYes. They drop projects all the time, have numerous conflicts of interest, and it's close to impossible to talk with them
- mda 8y agoExcept they don't drop many more projects all the time, Funny that people here argues it should drop Dart. I am glad they are sticking to it.
- simonh 8y agoBenevolent dictators eventually die, or retire while corporate entities can exist for a very long time[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi
- yellowapple 8y agoIn the sense that the thing worse than "benevolent dictator for life" is "non-benevolent dictator for life".