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> Yeah but dey da boss > go sharecroppin' If this is a reference to something, I don't get it. If not, why are you writing like this? Edit: Thanks alnayyir. I

by chime 16y ago

> Yeah but dey da boss > go sharecroppin' If this is a reference to something, I don't get it. If not, why are you writing like this? Edit: Thanks alnayyir. I knew there was something I was missing.

alnayyir 16y ago
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=software+sharecropping http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubun...
JonnieCache 16y ago
It's a reference to civil war era america. Elaborate user-generated-content metaphor?
- philwelch 16y ago
  The post Civil War South, actually. Sharecropping wasn't really a thing in the North, and before and during the Civil War, there wasn't very much sharecropping because slavery was more cost-effective.
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    ding ding ding. This man gets ALL the dollars.
graham-miln 16y ago
chime, sharecropping in terms of software development is a topic that Tim Bray has an interesting take on: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePla...