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Do you avoid software like FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, and all other software that fits the criteria of your post? Point is, you have shitty reasons and probably
by poet 16y ago
Do you avoid software like FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, and all other software that fits the criteria of your post? Point is, you have shitty reasons and probably aren't consistant in your application of them. Government funding and a committer you don't like preclude the usage of a huge amount of software.
curl -s http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS | grep gov
E: becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
E: snyder@fnald0.fnal.gov
curl -s http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/trunk/MAINTAINERS?view=co | grep gov
Asher Langton langton2@llnl.gov
My general frustation with your blog post is that your arguments apply to many popular pieces of software. It feels disingenuous and it feels like it's provocative solely for the purpose of being provocative.
- x09 16y agoFunniest thing of all is that we seem to completely forget who "invented the internet": Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn noted that, "as far back as the 1970s, Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system [and security regime]. -wikipedia [added]